The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sat Apr 24 03:54:21 1999

Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Derek Peschel wrote:

> > you said, there was no monitor as part of the main unit (and Apple didn't
> > aggressively put its name on external monitors, at least not before the
> > //e).

> Apple introduced the monochrome Monitor /// around the same time it
> introduced the Apple ///, which was before the //e.

I actually knew that because we had a Monitor /// with our ][+, which we got
in... 1984? 1985?

I have the exact date, but not handy. One of my brother's disks (which is
in my closet now) has a HELLO program which proudly declares that "THIS IS A
SLAVE DISK INITIALIZED ON [some date, some year]." I think the date is
December 31, actually. IIRC I had already started monopolizing the computer
and my brother (who was pretty young, about 10) wanted some attention too,
so we gave him his disk. Even if my dad did the initialization, I was
probably the one who told him how. :) And since December 31 is my mom's
birthday, she was undoubtedly irate that we were playing with the dumb
computer. That pattern continued pretty solidly for the next several years.
My brother's disk eventually got some pirated games stashed on it. :)

So I guess I goofed about monitors. There was an Apple-brand color monitor
that went with the //e too.

-- Derek
Received on Sat Apr 24 1999 - 03:54:21 BST