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July 9, 2022
Tom Pittman on HyperCard, Programming, and Operating Systems, Rick Lawson, Pioneers in Mac Development, 2007.10.04. Bill Atkinson said there could never be a HyperCard compiler, but Tom Pittman proved him wrong with CompileIt, a HyperCard compiler created in HyperCard.
June 21, 2022
Welcome back to A Macintosh History: a history of the Apple Mac told through the pages of MacUser magazine. This post is based on the March 1986 issue. New to the series? Start at the beginning with October 1985. The Macintosh Plus is the focus of our sixth issue. Did Apple finally get it right? We also visit COMDEX ‘86, get down to businesses with databases, play chess and MazeWars, and discover why developers are switching to C.
June 13, 2022
On a Mac extended keyboard, there’s a “Return” and an “Enter” key. On most PC keyboards, there are two “Enter” keys, but some say “Return” instead. What’s going on here? We look at the history behind the keys.
April 13, 2022
Old computers make you appreciate what we have today all the more.
December 7, 2021
Aaron Giles is a Seattle-area programmer, musician, web developer, and graphic designer.
October 16, 2021
On January 14, 1984, Apple released the first version of its Macintosh operating system, System 1.0. Despite being almost four decades old, many of its features resemble today’s macOS. We’ll take you on a brief tour of this historic OS.