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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟬 (𝗔𝟵𝗠𝟬𝟯𝟬𝟭) - 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 Apple made it really simple to get online. It was primarily used with Apple’s MacTerminal software where users could connect to early online communities. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 - $500 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 - 1200 bps 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 - Two-wire RJ11 modular #Apple #Macintosh #VintageComputing

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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗔𝟵𝗠𝟬𝟯𝟬𝟯𝗣) - 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 The ImageWriter used a dot matrix to form images and characters and could produce high-quality results. The ImageWriter prints what's known as WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 - $675 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲 - Impact dot matrix 𝗗𝗣𝗜 - 144 #Apple #Macintosh #ImageWriter

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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗞 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 (𝗠𝟬𝟭𝟯𝟬) - 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 This “optional” external drive was really more of a necessity. The external drive featured the same 400K drive as the internal one. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 - $495 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲 - 3.5 inch floppy disk drive 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - DB-19 #Macintosh #AppleHistory #RetroComputing

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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 (𝗠𝟬𝟭𝟭𝟬) - 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 The unique keyboard lacked arrow keys and featured the new command ⌘ key. It also featured a unique telephone cord-style RJ-11 connector. 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - Macintosh with RJ-11 connector 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀 - 57 #VintageApple #Macintosh #AppleHistory

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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 (𝗠𝟬𝟭𝟬𝟬) - 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 The pointing and clicking device that you now can’t live without was included with the Macintosh and was its headlining feature. 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - Macintosh with DE-9 port 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 - Mechanical 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - DE-9 #applehistory #vintageapple #macintosh

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InsanelyGreat88! @insanelygreat88.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵 (𝗠𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟭) - 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 The original Mac was a revolution in terms of personal computers, introducing consumers to the GUI and the mouse. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 - $2,495 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 - Motorola 68000 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 - 128 KB #apple #OriginalMac #MacintoshHistory #RetroComputing #VintageMacintosh #AppleComputer

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