25 Jan
2023
25 Jan
'23
5:58 p.m.
I thought this was an excellent article on work at CHM on curating,
documenting, and making Apple Lisa software available - thank you Al. Would
be interesting to see other software collection objects curated in this way.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/
Enjoy!
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Lee Courtney
25 Jan
25 Jan
8:03 p.m.
New subject: Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software (Apple Archive)
Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired librarian that used
to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot of material that Apple discarded in the
past. Anna talks about the Apple Archives at
https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
https://tarek.computer
On Jan 25, 2023, at 2:59 PM, Lee Courtney via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I thought this was an excellent article on work at CHM on curating,
documenting, and making Apple Lisa software available - thank you Al. Would
be interesting to see other software collection objects curated in this way.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/
Enjoy!
--
Lee Courtney
8:30 p.m.
New subject: Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software (Apple Archive)
On Jan 25, 2023, at 8:03 PM, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired librarian that used
to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot of material that Apple discarded in the
past. Anna talks about the Apple Archives at
https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
https://tarek.computer
Wow. I need to read the whole thing, but some things are blowing my mind already.
I remember an infamous Bill Gates quote "the source code is the documentation".
But it appears that Gates was several orders of magnitude saner than Steve Jobs.
"They should know all that already" -- with brain damage like that, it's
amazing he was able to build a company at all.
paul
9:33 p.m.
New subject: Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software (Apple Archive)
Thank you for that link.
As usual, the Vogons get credit for something that was accomplished in
spite of the Vogons.
At one time, Apple had a historical exhibit. It ended with the Macintosh,
with NO provision for any future expansion.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
Though it is not a source code, there is a nice
article by a retired librarian that used to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot
of material that Apple discarded in the past. Anna talks about the Apple Archives at
https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
https://tarek.computer
26 Jan
26 Jan
6:59 a.m.
New subject: Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software (Apple Archive)
Companies don't care about history. It does not affect the next
quarter's sales. I had serial number 1 of a Radio Shack shortwave
receiver and offered it to them.
I got a reply back, 'I'm sorry, we no longer support that model.'
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591
On 2023-01-25 21:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Thank you for that link.
>
> As usual, the Vogons get credit for something that was accomplished in
> spite of the Vogons.
>
>
> At one time, Apple had a historical exhibit. It ended with the
> Macintosh, with NO provision for any future expansion.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
>> Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired
>> librarian that used to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot
>> of material that Apple discarded in the past. Anna talks about the
>> Apple Archives at
>> https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tarek Hoteit
>> https://tarek.computer
9:38 a.m.
New subject: Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software (Apple Archive)
I think companies treat their product as inventory items. Companies are not even meant to
last forever, whereas the expectations of museums is that they should. Moreover, the
excitement of acquiring a product with serial number 1 is coming from us, the consumers.
You expected the Radio Shack person you contacted to be as excited but that person does
not share the passion. Plus if he or she do, it will likely because they share the
passion. I think you should donate the machine to CHM or some museum that would make a
serious effort to store and showcase the item. If the item is more valuable to you then to
them then, if I were you, I would showcase it on a bookshelf, take some photos, and share
it to the world. The piece will eventually vanishes just like many serial number 1
products have sadly phased off, except for $$$$ Apple 1
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
https://tarek.computer
On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:00 AM, Nigel Johnson Ham via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Companies don't care about history. It does not affect the next quarter's
sales. I had serial number 1 of a Radio Shack shortwave receiver and offered it to them.
I got a reply back, 'I'm sorry, we no longer support that model.'
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591
> On 2023-01-25 21:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Thank you for that link.
>
> As usual, the Vogons get credit for something that was accomplished in spite of the
Vogons.
>
>
> At one time, Apple had a historical exhibit. It ended with the Macintosh, with NO
provision for any future expansion.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
>> Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired librarian
that used to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot of material that Apple
discarded in the past. Anna talks about the Apple Archives at
https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tarek Hoteit
>> https://tarek.computer
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