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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
 Posted - 23 May 2003 : 08:20:41
The trouble is I just don't know. Before I quit the job I was working at for the last two months, I was doing survey and service calls to the customers of car dealership service departments. Anyway, one of the people I called was a William Atkinson, who had brought his Cadillac in to Cadillac of Menlo Park, which is near Palo Alto and just a hop, skip and a jump north of Cupertino. Could this have been the Bill Atkinson?I had written down his phone number and address, but I've lost them so I have no way to tell. Anybody with any inside info as to where the Bill Atkinson of Apple fame lives might be able to confirm... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2003 : 08:22:03
Oh and just for the heck of it, I really did talk to Gary Coleman. He bought a car at Miller Mitsubishi in Van Nuys and said he couldn't afford to come in for service.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2003 : 09:45:06
So who is bill atkinson anyway?Poor Arnold colemen went through alot of cash (or at least his manager did)
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2003 : 10:24:15
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So who is bill atkinson anyway?
Only one of the key, founding programmers of Apple's original Macintosh OS and the creator of MacPaint and HyperCard! Just take a look here. Oh and by the way, before I wasn't sure how old Bill was, but now that I look at that pic on Apple's site, I'm positive that it really was him that I talked to!!!  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2003 : 15:06:02
COOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 01:17:05
wowness!!!I've seen that name on hypercard andl ike... calculator and junk...  Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 01:18:10
He was one of the main engineers in the Macintosh Project. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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68kMLA
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 01:20:13
heh... yeah.. I kinda figured  Official 68k videographer
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 19:37:11
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He was one of the main engineers in the Macintosh Project.
I know another person involved with the Macintosh Project, Jef Raskin. It ends up, he graduated from the same High School I did (Sonderling High School, Brentwood, NY), 40 years before me. ------------------
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 19:40:04
*drools*"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 19:50:49
Next time you chat with the ask them what they think of the latest generation of macs compared to what they did on the original. I wonder what machines they run at home
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 21:17:00
you can bet that they have the macs they worked on long ago!but i bet that they might have macs still now... possibly they still use macs, maybe they've taken a liking to SGI and Sun workstations... Maybe steve-o made them so mad that the highest-tech they use is microwaves.... Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 22:51:10
Yes. The Steve has a way of doing that...."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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68kMLA
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2003 : 22:59:02
heh.... if I were in charge at apple... I'd bring back the LC style of machine... (Ilow cost)Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 03:36:45
Same here. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 06:02:05
Apple should get of their asses and make a killer workstation that can command the prices they are trying to get for their slow g4's.The original mac had the best GUI of the time, the IIfx was a killer unix workstation (pricey as hell but built for government contract so you know!)the 840AV was a powerhouse for its time. What have they done recently? Ever since the pentium 2 the PC has had more power then the macs. If I had to guess the old apple designers are using OSX on a dual g4 or have sun/SGI machines if they do computer work plus a few old macs and a NEXT machine in storage.
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foetoid
Full Member
USA
554 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 06:56:47
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you can bet that they have the macs they worked on long ago!
I bet they have special Macs from long ago.... ________________
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 07:00:11
I bet that they should let the experts take over on those special machines Official 68k videographer
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I (may have) talked to Bill Atkinson!
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