Mac@30 follow-up on Happy 30th birthday Mac! Videos, fonts, links, etc (via: The Wiert Corner)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/16
Now that I’m back home, a small follow-up on the post Happy 30th birthday Mac! « The Wiert Corner with some interesting links.
I know most Mac users now run Mac OS X, but back then it was called a Macintosh, had System as OS, but you had the Finder and the Apple logo still had colours (:
So here are the links:
- The 1984 video’s (yes, there are more than the just the commercial!)
- Steve Jobs Unveils Mac at Boston Computer Society, Unseen Since 1984 | TIME.com.
- Steve Jobs introduces the Original Macintosh – Apple Shareholder Event (1984) – YouTube.
- 1983 Apple Keynote-The “1984” Ad Introduction – YouTube.
- Computer History Museum | @CHM : The Very First ‘Stevenote’.
- Big Brother in 1984 Apple Macintosh Ad was Steve Jobs!.
- Download Apple’s custom font to use these beautifully designed Mac model icons.
- Twitter / gregbarbosa: @MichaelSteeber OMG. ….
- http://images.apple.com//v/30-years/a/fonts/mac-icons/mac-icon-standard.ttf
- How to Get Apple’s Hidden 30th Anniversary Macintosh Icon Font.
- Celebrate 30 years of Mac with Apple’s hidden icon font | 9to5Mac.
- Since then, a second font has been found, and an OTF has been generated.
- http://images.apple.com/v/30-years/a/fonts/mac-icons-simple/mac-icon-simple.ttf
- Apple Celebrates 30 Years Of Mac With Icon Fonts | Pencil Scoop | Design & Creative Blog.
- Apple’s Amazing Icon Font Features Every Mac Ever Made | Cult of Mac.
- Hmm: 30 Years of Mac in black | Teespring.
- This will get you all the fonts and pages around the 30th birthday:wget -r -H -N -l inf -Dimages.apple.com http://www.apple.com/30-years/
- The Myriad Set Pro font:
- Myriad Set Pro on Apple.com.
- More direct links to the fonts (in Chinese but Google Translate is if big help) and direct download of the set.
- Font-Face and Base64 Data-URI | SoSweet! Creative.
- Can I convert embedded base64 encode font to a font file? – Stack Overflow.
- Geoff Evason’s method of embedding base64-encoded web fonts into CSS file.
- Macintosh 128K Teardown – iFixit.
- James Friend | PCE.js – Classic Mac OS in the Browser.
- Apple – Thirty Years of Mac.
- Apple – Thirty Years of Mac – Your first Mac.
- Celebrating the 30th birthday of the Mac(intosh): a 30-year infographic | 9to5Mac.
- Apple celebrates 30 years of Mac innovation with gorgeous timeline, video and interactive poll.
- Everything You Need To Know About Mac’s 30th Birthday | Cult of Mac.
- Microsoft Mouse Crashes Mac’s 30th Birthday Bash | Cult of Mac.
- Commemorative Posters at Apple Campus List All Former and Current Apple Employees – Mac Rumors.
- Apple execs talk Mac’s 30th anniversary, future of OS X and iOS, and more.
- Mac App Store highlights apps and games that ‘capture what makes Mac so extraordinary’.
- Apple celebrates 30 years of Mac innovation with gorgeous timeline, video and interactive poll.
- Apple executives on the Mac at 30: ‘The Mac keeps going forever.’ | Macworld.
- Poll: is Apple going to advertise the Mac’s 30th anniversary during Super Bowl?.
- YouTube:
- ABC interview with Tim Cook for Mac’s 30th anniversary to air tomorrow.
- Tim Cook interview with ABC about the Mac’s 30th anniversary airing tomorrow | 9to5Mac.
- Apple execs discuss 30 years of the Mac, the Surface-style touchscreen approach, and the coexistence of OS X & iOS | 9to5Mac.
- Steve Jobs on the Mac’s 20th Anniversary | Macworld.
- Tim Cook confirms sapphire Mesa plant, dodges questions on iTV, iWatch.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Interview 2014: Apple Computers Celebrates 30th Anniversary | Video – ABC News.
- Rumor: Apple TV to get controller support and App Store of its own in March.
- Apple continues Mac’s 30th birthday celebrations with special window displays | 9to5Mac.
- A roundup of festivities on the 30th anniversary of the Apple Mac – latimes.com.
- Stores Celebrate Mac 30th Anniversary.
- Macintosh originals celebrate the Mac’s 30th anniversary – CNET News.
- iClarified – Apple News – Apple Retail Stores Decorated With Special Window Displays to Celebrate Mac’s 30th Anniversary.
- Apple Stores Join in For The Mac 30th Birthday Celebration With T-Shirts and Special Apple Store Window Displays | MacTrast.
- Pizarro: Macintosh’s original family gathers to celebrate its 30th birthday – San Jose Mercury News (it was almost Mackintosh or McIntosh).
Again: Without Apple, and my high school, I would not have become a programmer 30 years ago.
–jeroen
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