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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (6 stories)
“A designer knows that he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -- Antoine de St-Expurey
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We stay late to bring up the first printed circuit board
Date: May 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware,Prototypes,Management
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.06)
We hooked up a mouse to the Apple II
Date: June 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Apple Spirit,Prototypes,Technical,Apple II,Compensation
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.36)
The evolution of the Macintosh digital board
Date: June 1981
Author: Daniel Kottke
Topics: Hardware Design, Prototypes, Technical
Comments:  5
Rating:  (4.04)
Steve is concerned with the esthetics of the PC board
Date: July 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design,Personality
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.41)
We travel to Woz's rock festival
Date: September 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Celebrities,Personality,Recreation
Comments:  10
Rating:  (3.93)
Steve Jobs was almost 1982's Man of the Year
Date: December 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: The Press,Personality
Comments:  1
Rating:  (4.3)

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