I went to college back then, and the last person I wanted to video call with was my mother.
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Apple VideoPad Device Scrapped by Steve Jobs Headed to Auction
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The original design sketch might have been in the shape of a Dollar-sign.
Not really. Look at the screen below: the notch is already included. :-D
Worse than that. A pile of wire-wrap prototypes that didn't make the cut might get just thrown into the dumpster out back when cleaning off some ex-employees cubicle or lab bench.
And some arrive at just the right time. Scully's Newton project funded the ARM architecture escaping from just being a niche chip for Acorn computers. Without that, the whole ecosystem for the iPhone and Apple Silicon would look completely different.
So an ex engineer stole this prototype when working at Apple and it's now being sold at Auction?
You do realise that Apple would still own any prototypes, no matter how old?
How is Macrumors promoting this??
Not if (1) they were thrown in the dumpster pile, or (2) Steve Jobs says "yeah, just take any of that old junk in the corner that you want." Or other equivalents.
From the article:
"Apple testing three versions of the device between 1993 and 1995, including the VideoPad 1, VideoPad 2, and VideoPad 3, according to Bonhams."
Steve was over at NeXT, and didn't return until 1998
This my favorite quote from Steve Jobs:
“I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs said. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.” - Steve Jobs
I suppose the opposite would be:
“I will spend my youth as I please, not spending $1, and avoid fixing anything. I’m going to make friends with Android, and steal everything I can. I don’t feel like working.”
“I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs said. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.” - Steve Jobs
I suppose the opposite would be:
“I will spend my youth as I please, not spending $1, and avoid fixing anything. I’m going to make friends with Android, and steal everything I can. I don’t feel like working.”
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you know those stupid eBay listings that say "OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY"? garbage.
THIS is more like it. obviously i don't have lambo money for this stuff so i won't buy it but my god this is fascinating to see these prototypes suddenly resurface!
THIS is more like it. obviously i don't have lambo money for this stuff so i won't buy it but my god this is fascinating to see these prototypes suddenly resurface!
