Geschichte der DV

Apple III Plus

I'm not sure where I got this one from, but this, along with the Lisa, is one of my favorite computers in my collection. It was quite advanced at time time with a powerful - but poorly named - OS, (Sophisticated Operating System, or SOS), but it wasn't horribly successful in the marketplace - although I gather that "failure" is too strong a word. It seems to have been somewhat forgotten, but I like the case design and, as mentioned, the operating system.
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IBM JX

IBM's PCjr was a failure, or so I gather, but this one was more successful. Released only in Australia and New Zealand, I spotted a couple at a garage sale many years ago, and had to grab them. There used to be a cartridge-based version of Lotus 123 for this computer, on two cartridges, which always impressed me
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OSI Challenger 4P

I purchased this second hand when I started collecting and had it sent down from Queensland. The Ohio Scientific computers were interesting: I gather that this and the 8P were intended for home automation, hence the huge number of ports at the back. I was told that it was horrible to work on in winter, as the fan pushed cold air up through the keyboard.
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Easterbilby – Flickr

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Whiskeygonebad – Flickr

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Marksteine auf Apples Weg zum Erfolg

  • 1977: Der Apple II war der erste Personal Computer (PC), der weltweit millionenfach verkauft… und auch nachgebaut wurde.
  • 1984: Der Apple Macintosh (Mac) war der erste erfolgreiche PC mit grafischer Benutzeroberfläche und Computermaus.
  • 1993: Das Apple Newton MessagePad mit berührungsempfindlichem Bildschirm (Touchscreen) und Handschrifterkennung
  • 1998: Die ersten iMacs mit "All-in-one"-Gehäuse
  • 2001: Die iPod-Reihe der tragbaren Media Player mit Speicher satt durch die integrierte Festplatte
  • 2007: Das iPhone ist Apples Smartphone mit Media Player und berührungsempfindlichem Bildschirm (Touchscreen) für Multitouchbedienung.
  • 2010: Das iPad ist ein Tablet-Computer, der ohne Tastatur oder Maus durch Multi-Touch-Gesten gesteuert werden kann.

Apple Power Macintosh G3 450Mhz (Blue & White)

Resetting G3 PMU ? Check out Mac Users Guide for more how-to information. Based on the Yosemite architecture featuring a 450 MHz PowerPC 750 G3 processor the Apple Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) has 1 MB of backside cache, arrives with 128 MB of RAM, a 32X CD-ROM drive and an ATI Rage 128 GL graphics card. This was the first design that utilized the “fold down door” enclosure that revolutionized the way we interact with our Mac desktops. It is extremely easy to upgrade and introduced Firewire and included both USB and ADB port connectors.
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iMac G3

First of the iMac line (See the grey hair? Oops! No, that's just the 2-tone look of the machine)
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iMac

This is not the original "bondi blue" iMac from 1998, but one of the later models.
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Newton MessagePad 110 (14 years old and still working) and iPhone

I guess there was no Y2K problem with the Newton. Notice the date and event I scheduled here (view large). 14 years old and this thing still works! Note size compared to the iPhone. I should have taken a shot of the Newton's modem. The modem alone is much larger than the iPhone.
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visionet – Flickr

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Atari 400

Announced in late 1978 and released in late 1979, the Atari 400 computer was originally code named "Candy," continuing the tradition of naming things under development after the female workers at Atari. Aimed at a children's market, it has the supposedly childproof membrane keyboard. It outsold the 800, which was marketed to adults and had standard keys.
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Phil Gyford – Flickr

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