[HN Gopher] Scrooge McDuck: The first image on the first Macinto...
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Scrooge McDuck: The first image on the first Macintosh (1980)
Author : spking
Score : 84 points
Date : 2024-01-18 16:08 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (folklore.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (folklore.org)
| alexsereno wrote:
| This is slightly unrelated but the intense childhood nostalgia I
| feel from the design of this site - its clean and beautiful in
| its way
| davidg109 wrote:
| Have to agree. I miss my 90s internet.
| thsksbd wrote:
| Especially the hardware requirements.
| DanielleMolloy wrote:
| Here is Bob Bishops website (he is mentioned as the source of
| the Duck images in the article):
| https://web.archive.org/web/20181105111956/http://bob-bishop...
|
| Does someone know where he is now?
| jaysonelliot wrote:
| Sadly, Bob Bishop passed away in 2014.
|
| He's still talked about fondly in the various Apple II user
| groups, his legacy looms large. Here's a page written about
| him after his passing, on the Kanasfest site. (Kansasfest is
| the largest annual Apple II convention)
| https://www.kansasfest.org/2014/11/remembering-bob-bishop/
| pimlottc wrote:
| When you've got great content, you don't need a lot of visual
| frills.
| LeFantome wrote:
| The first image on a Mac was in colour?
| hbn wrote:
| No, the caption on that picture of Scrooge McDuck in the
| article says it's /similar to/ the first image displayed.
| leejoramo wrote:
| Always loved this site.
|
| Great to see the About page says the site was transferred to the
| Computer History Museum
|
| It is sad that additional Points of View were never added. Would
| have loved to read a Folklore site on Microsoft, Atari, etc from
| that eta
| Firmwarrior wrote:
| Alex St. John's blog was like that for Microsoft in the 90s,
| but unfortunately he took it down after a bunch of internet
| Marxists got mad at him for encouraging entrepreneurs to work
| long hours building games
| cacozen wrote:
| Andy Hertzfeld (folklore's writter) wrote "Revolution in the
| valley": a book about the Mac history, compiling many stories
| from his blog. It's a gem! https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-
| Valley-Insanely-Great-Stor...
| pjmlp wrote:
| Can vouch for it.
| bombcar wrote:
| He's very adamant about the image having Scrooge playing the
| fiddle.
|
| I suppose we could find the exact image if it is a Barks, though
| I'm not currently up to the task of going through them all.
|
| Don Rosa would probably know.
| B1FF_PSUVM wrote:
| _" insert a disk controller card into Burrell's Apple II with the
| power still on, without glitching it out"_
|
| Now that's cold calling without any introduction whatsoever ...
| davidmurphy wrote:
| Great to see this on HN!
|
| Andy Hertzfeld's site Folklore.org is now hosted by the Computer
| History Museum (where I work). What a treasure trove the site is.
|
| Super excited that Andy - and quite a few other key Macintosh
| folks -- are going to be on stage at CHM on Wednesday for the
| Macintosh 40th Anniversary event.
|
| It's at capacity in-person, but sign up to watch online (free) at
| https://computerhistory.org/events/insanely-great/
|
| PS: if you're in the Bay Area stop by to see our ongoing Mac pop-
| up exhibit anytime too:
| https://computerhistory.org/exhibits/hello-the-mac-at-40/
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