= The Apple Macintosh =
The Apple Macintosh debuted in 1984 with 128K of memory and an internal 400K floppy disk drive. It was the successor of the highly successful [[Apple II]] series of computers. Steve Jobs is known to have stood behind the Macintosh, much to the detriment of the Apple II team.
== Macintosh Guided Tour ==
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At the time the Macintosh was released, mice and a graphical user interfaces were unfamiliar to most people. With each Macintosh, Apple included a Guided Tour diskette and audio cassette to help new users familiarise themselves with their computer.
The guided tour diskette also includes a historic version 1.0 of the Finder, with a rudimentary mountain scene in the "About the Finder" box. The box credits to Bruce Horn and Steve Capps and has a date of December 4, 1983.
* See the [[Macintosh Games]] page to learn about
Through the Looking Glass, a game written by Steve Capps.
== System 1.0 and Finder 1.1g ==
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The release of the Finder was more refined, including a professionally done mountain scene in the "About the Finder" and much nicer icons; it also added a "Clean Up" command in the Finder[1].
There is some great information about this release in Dan Vanderkam's [[System 1.0 Headquarters]].
= Themed Exhibits: =
== Marcio's Mac ==
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I began writing Macintosh programs in 1986 when my family bought a Macintosh Plus.
Take a tour of my simulated Mac Plus and explore the programs that I wrote. Several of these were released as Shareware and featured in books of the era; others were never released to the public—they are made available to you here for the very first time!
== Historic Macintosh Software ==
The Macintosh drew many developers. Here you'll find a collection of historic software for the Macintosh.
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=== See also: ===
* [[History of the GUI]]
== References ==
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS
# http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/
Apple II
System 1.0 Headquarters
History of the GUI
Macintosh Games