If you haven’t seen this (and what Apple computer lover hasn’t?), you need to check it out. If you’re in the same age demographic as I am, you may remember typing many a middle school paper using AppleWorks on a machine exactly like this (attached to a very noisy Apple ImageWriter dot matrix printer, of course!).
Dan Budiac scored himself a new Apple //c. And not just any Apple //c — this one has been sitting in its original packaging since it was manufactured in 1988. And he’s got a very retro-cool set of “unboxing” photos from before unboxing was something most people even cared about.
Gosh – just looking at these pictures makes me all warm inside. From teaching myself how to program in BASIC to learning Logo in my 5th grade class and playing the green-screen version of Oregon Trail, this was my first computer experience.
I can’t wait to hear what happens when he sends in the warranty registration card…
[via an interview with Dan on MacBreak Weekly 76]
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Ah, I remember it well.
Dang, they were still making IIc’s in 1988? I had bought my first Mac that year. I do remember the green screens of the IIe’s, learning how to program BASIC in high school and having to share them with the Advanced Typing babes who were learning how to use a word processor. Ah, those were the days…
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gulp I wasn’t exactly in middle school, but the Apple IIc was my first computer. I believe that I was six. I miss it so.