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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...

Among my responsibilities on the early Mac project was procuring the foam inserts the 128 was to be shipped in. The source chosen was Foam Fabricators in LA. We gave them the product specs, dummy units and an NDA, they did the design and engineering along with drop and crush testing. One day in...

I saw this as a mostly technical site and did not want to get bumped by the mods. Wish I had added more to the folklore site but that is now locked. I'll post a few more here and see what happens. They will be in the "compact" forum as they are more general than peripheral related.

Details of this can be found on folklore.org if you are interested. I don't believe any logo'd ones ever made it near production.

Actually I was unaware there are reproductions around. The zero draft thing was a big deal for (...some of...) us, in retrospect it was a huge waste of engineering time and tooling $. But you had to pick your battles, I did win the one about the rubber feet (mentioned above). There were 6 mold...

"Good enough" and Steve Jobs never existed in the same universe... We had battles over stuff like the little rubber feet on the case bottom, the original design had the Apple logo in the mold. Even the design of the EPS foam packing caused big drama, one day I'll write that one up.

As I had come from the 128k project at Apple I was well aware that getting the heat out of that box was a major problem. The vent design in the top was in flux till the very last minute. The UL "paper clip test" caused us to redesign with a chevron shaped cross section, which further restricted...

Thanks, I was pretty proud of it. The one in the pic is a prototype, I changed the way it bolted to the chassis a bit for production. The flat bar and nuts were replaced by 2 flanged delrin "nuts" that entered through those holes in the Mac chassis. If anyone wants to have some made I can supply...

Has anyone ever encountered one of these in the wild? I worked on this project as a consultant in late 1985, my task was to design the sheetmetal support frame and make it fit inside. I actually still have the drawings -hand done on vellum, as this was pre CAD. Micah was a group of fast talking...

My memory is that all of the Golden Macs were all produced during Thanksgiving week of 1983 so that tracks. Also, that some folks were miffed that many later (mid 83-on) hires were not included. In Feb 84 they planned a "Build-a-Mac" session for them to assemble their own. I have no idea how...

I have in my possession a calendar that we all received at the Jan 1983 group off-site conference in Carmel, CA. Each member's birthday is printed on it and there are 90 names -3 of those (at least) left the group well before launch. Not sure how much detective work you want to do but I can scan...

9. Paul Tavenier (purchasing agent -responsible for "everything not soldered to the MLB". Eventually managed the Mac Supplier Quality Engineering Group. Left Apple at the end of 1984)

Yes, all ABs with red battery holders -should- be 110/220. This was done for a limited time but I do not know when it stopped or what the total number was as I left Apple at the end of 1984. Many, if not most, of the 110/220 boards will have a black one though as this was only a field expedient...