2026-03-31 01:06 UTC
When Macintosh was introduced as "the computer for the rest of us"—sporting its bright six-color Apple logo—what really caught my attention was the huge stack of Xeroxed "Inside Macintosh" developer manuals: kept in a three-ringed binder at the University's computer center, filled with loads of Pascal APIs. And when Steve introduced the NeXT cube with its stack of API manuals, I was entranced. My life has revolved around the platform ever since.
[3/4]
Replies (4)
-
@kcase@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 01:07
The feeling and smell of HTML doesn't quite compare to the feel and smell of those physical books. But I still think of those manuals whenever I see that bright six-color Apple logo. [4/4]
-
@yakmoose@cloudisland.nz 2026-03-31 01:59
@kcase @sanguish I still have these
-
@danwood@mastodon.cloud 2026-03-31 21:50
@kcase This was my bible for a while…
-
@finitebaffle@mas.to 2026-04-01 09:21
@kcase good grief it’s all coming back now 🤣 those crazy Pascal strings 😂