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On 1/26/2014 9:39 PM, BAR wrote:
In article , says...

On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.

That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

Back when they had 68000 processors we used them to develop software for 68000 based
communicaitons devices.

The first serious 68000 based computer system I became familiar with was
a HP 9836 with extended I/O rack back in the mid 1980s. We used it to
attempt to automate the control of thin film deposition in a vacuum
chamber based on optically monitoring the changes in the index of
refraction of the deposited films. The HP 9836 had to compute a Fourier
transform curve fitting algorithm in real time.

How's that for being "nerdy"? :-)

HP should have stuck with the test tools, test automation and printers. Their computers were
never really good general purpose systems and their attempt to bolster their street cred in
the PC area by buying Compaq, which had bought DEC, did do anything to help their bottome
line.