Can you identify this random apple artifact?

[Tannerozzy]

So while cleaning out our main desk here where I work (baylor university's media center) I stumbled upon two things sporting an apple logo. Being the machead I am, I could not find it in myself to throw them away without knowing their history. So, anybody know the story behind this seemingly useless magnifying glass and case embossed with the we all know and love?

 

[creator2456]

Looks like some amalgamation of a pair of scissors, one of those pre cut tape dispensers, and a cheese grater. Of course this is pulled of with Apple's great industrial design style.
😀😎

 

[TheVidEditor]

That was created before steve jobs wore glasses.

 

[dmr727]

It's an attachment for a Quicktake 100.

 

[localoid]

... So, anybody know the story behind this seemingly useless magnifying glass and case embossed with the we all know and love?

No great mystery... Anyone that troubleshoots/repairs computers would find a handheld illuminated magnifying glass a very useful tool to have in their toolkit.

 

[dmr727]

No great mystery... Anyone that troubleshoots/repairs computers would find a handheld illuminated magnifying glass a very useful tool to have in their toolkit.

Or it's an attachment for a Quicktake 100. 😛

 

[After G]

What does the attachment do, exactly?

 

[Berlepsch]

What does the attachment do, exactly?

It attaches. Maybe even to a Quicktake 100, which would make sense, since it is a Quicktake 100 attachment. Plus, it has a cool logo.

What else could be important?
😀

 

[dmr727]

What does the attachment do, exactly?

I used to have a Quicktake 100, although never this attachment. But my understanding is that it works as a sort of primitive zoom for the lens, which normally has a fixed magnification. It just clips on to the front.

 

[steve2112]

No great mystery... Anyone that troubleshoots/repairs computers would find a handheld illuminated magnifying glass a very useful tool to have in their toolkit.

Yeah, they could put it right next to the officially branded "case removal tool" for the Mini. The guys at the local reseller showed me their official Apple Case Removal Tool. It was a putty knife with an Apple logo.

 

[vincebio]

http://missingbite.com/

these guys have been selling anything they can make/procure with an apple logo on it for years...