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Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by dmschulman »

Is there anything out there like this for consumer Apple CDs? I'm talking about demo CDs and other retail media that came packaged with Macintosh computers and accessories from the day.

I distinctly remember browsing through an incredible multimedia CD that came packaged with one of the first consumer CDROM drives that Apple put out. In addition to some cheesy video presentations this CD had a bunch of Bloom County comics and some games to boot. I wish I could find my old copy but I think it's been lost to time at this point.

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by jamesfmilne »

I miss the days when the developers at Apple were allowed to express a sense of humour.

I've been digging through these old CDs to find the necessary magical incantations for writing an Ethernet driver for the SE/30 10/100Mbit Ethernet card I'm developing.

https://www.mactothefuture.org/

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by webwielder2 »

dmschulman wrote: post #2

Is there anything out there like this for consumer Apple CDs? I'm talking about demo CDs and other retail media that came packaged with Macintosh computers and accessories from the day. I distinctly remember browsing through an incredible multimedia CD that came packaged with one of the first consumer CDROM drives that Apple put out. In addition to some cheesy video presentations this CD had a bunch of Bloom County c…

Here are some videos featured on the "Multimedia CD-ROM Starter Kit" that came with our Apple CD-ROM drive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d38FTdo6_eE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkVeUejPo6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZegeNXkho

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by joezydeco »

jamesfmilne wrote: post #3

I miss the days when the developers at Apple were allowed to express a sense of humour. I've been digging through these old CDs to find the necessary magical incantations for writing an Ethernet driver for the SE/30 10/100Mbit Ethernet card I'm developing. https://www.mactothefuture.org/

I have an old issue of "Inside Apple" (the developers' newsletter) that was an April Fool's issue. Maybe circa 1989 or so.

The entire 15-20 pages or so was entirely devoted to joke articles and parodies. I need to find that again and scan it.

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by dylan604 »

jamesfmilne wrote: post #3

I miss the days when the developers at Apple were allowed to express a sense of humour. I've been digging through these old CDs to find the necessary magical incantations for writing an Ethernet driver for the SE/30 10/100Mbit Ethernet card I'm developing. https://www.mactothefuture.org/

Just yesterday, I was telling a coworker about the history of the Sosumi system sound. [0] And how the crayon color picker had an easter egg where the crayons would start to look worn down as time passed. [1 not a good link, read the comments] After System 8.5, there seems to be a change of the light hearted-ness of the OS.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi [1] http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp/blog/2006/04/colour_me_picked

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by kalleboo »

joezydeco wrote: post #5
jamesfmilne wrote: post #3

I miss the days when the developers at Apple were allowed to express a sense of humour. I've been digging through these old CDs to find the necessary magical incantations for writing an Ethernet driver for the SE/30 10/100Mbit Ethernet card I'm developing. https://www.mactothefuture.org/

I have an old issue of "Inside Apple" (the developers' newsletter) that was an April Fool's issue. Maybe circa 1989 or so. The entire 15-20 pages or so was entirely devoted to joke articles and parodies. I need to find that again and scan it.

Please do!

Re: Apple Developer CD Codenames (1999)

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Post by jackhack »

dylan604 wrote: post #6
jamesfmilne wrote: post #3

I miss the days when the developers at Apple were allowed to express a sense of humour. I've been digging through these old CDs to find the necessary magical incantations for writing an Ethernet driver for the SE/30 10/100Mbit Ethernet card I'm developing. https://www.mactothefuture.org/

Just yesterday, I was telling a coworker about the history of the Sosumi system sound. [0] And how the crayon color picker had an easter egg where the crayons would start to look worn down as time passed. [1 not a good link, read the comments] After System 8.5, there seems to be a change of the light hearted-ness of the OS. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi [1] http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp/blog/2006/04/colour_…

Not to mention the "Butt Head Astronomer" product model name! The best part is when the offended astronomer sued Apple for defamation, but was put in the unenviable position to argue he was the "butt head" in question. Even the court decision (in Apple's favor) was hilarious.
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