Recent content by Huguenot

Nice looking tool indeed, bit of a blacksmith look to it as well. Thanks for posting the pics.

Either of those would do as well if you were closer, it's all west coast style out here but I'm a fan of the traditional stuff as well.

And even more than that. The OG one is made from a piece of piano hinge and if you look closely they have stamped numbers on them -the 2 sides are a matched pair. The raw hinge (it came in 2 meter lengths) had to be disassembled to machine that thin step, then the handle was welded on, then zinc...

We actually tried these at the time but found the rounded corners often helped the thing walk out of that groove leaving marks. Also, we were dealing with "virgin" assemblies then and a lot of the force required has to deal with how often the thing has been apart before. The cases with the...

Party at Woz's house! This was for the 4th of July 1984 but IIRC the 4th was mid-week so the party was the weekend after. Held at the "Castle" up on Summit Rd in the Santa Cruz Mtns. AFIK Woz had little formal involvement with the Mac project. He had crashed his Beechcraft Bonanza at the...

Not only do I remember them, but I had a hand in the design. Made a bunch of them for both Apple Service and also Radius. Still have a few in my stash. Also some of the extended Torx drivers.

Sorry for the absence, busy rehabbing a house and being a grandpa. OK, since you asked... I graduated from UC Davis with a degree in economics and held several jobs as a purchasing agent during the 1970s. It was easy to find work in Silicon Valley in those days, and if you got bored or pissed...

Just watched it and...ummm. Lots of grey hair there and (IMHO) some errors and at least one serious omission. I can't comment on the very early ( 77-80) stuff as I started in mid '81-right after the IPO and was employee 2708 -originally on the Apple ][ and drafted into the Mac group in late '82...

And then there were the last minute RFI issues. Originally all was supposed to be well, but the far-field tests indicated that the case seams leaked a bit more than was allowed -I remember the term "slot antenna" being used. The solution was to spray a coballoy (paint) coating inside the case...

Once Steve had won the battle over locating the Mac factory locally rather than in Dallas we found a suitable building in Fremont, CA. 120k sq ft. and brand new, so no interior obstacles to work around. As usual we needed to celebrate somehow. He chartered a bus and we all took the 20 minute...

I kinda rushed a bunch of pics as a lot of this stuff -might- be going to R&R auctions later this spring. Or not, though they gave me a crazy estimate for an SJ business card... I'm getting older and my kids don't care.

I don't recall anyone ever using the term at work either, nor had I ever seen that pamphlet. Thanks for posting.

Another one from my files for your reading pleasure-

Work-from-home has it's benefits, however mixing it up in the office is important, particularly when developing something new. The spring of 1983 was stressful period for the Mac group, as the decision to build the factory in Fremont rather than Texas put a huge additional load on us. Finding a...

I don't recall that one but he did have all the galvanized HVAC ducting (which was exposed due to the open 20' ceilings) painted over the weekend once. Was not ever mentioned, maybe not even possible? In fact I have never seen any other than white ("natural", they called it) used on any product...