http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Screenshot2012-06-06atJun62012101614AM.jpg

came across this from the G3 tower intro in San Fran

Post up your MacWorld memories

I remember my first computer (way back) had 4 screaming megs of RAM something like a 200MB hard drive. I wondered at the time how I could possibly fill all that space. :lmao:

My first computer (TRS 80 Model 1) from Radio Shack had 4K memory, yes that's 4K, and just 1 external 120K floppy which I paid $700 for.
If memory serves me, I believe the computer itself cost around $2700.
If you did not have the floppy you had to load everything from cassette tapes.

Ahh, those old days of drilling and attempts to format a cassette tape to work with an Adam computer my eldest son had given to his much younger brother.

Most of it worked quite well until it didn't, and we then ended up buying our first Mac LC, that came with a color monitor!!! on new years eve, the last day of Apple's sale for that model. And we've never looked back and have used various Mac models ever since.

This is the one I recall most vividly

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First comput was a Commodore 64. 64kb of RAM (something like 40k was usable). Originally, I had a tape drive, and I remember typing in days of machine code to run a program called "turbo tape" or something to dramatically speed up the tape drive. It was a big deal when I finally got the disk drive with a whopping 170kb of random storage.

My first modem was a "Pocket Modem" which was rated for a blistering 300 baud. It could be over clocked to go up to 400 baud. Woo hoo!

My first modem was a 300 baud acoustic coupled modem where you plugged the telephone handset into the cups of the modem. This was to connect my terminal (a monitor and keyboard without a computer for those too young to remember) to a mainframe computer.

In 1984 I was a Computer Services (IT) manager. We had a new DiGITAL VAX 11/780 mainframe computer. Cost was $135,000. The lone disk drive was larger than a typical modern dishwasher. I forget its capacity. The tape drive (used for backups and software transfers/instals) was the size of a refrigerator. The computer came with 2 meg of memory. To upgrade to four meg I had to order two one-meg circuit boards, each about 12 by 15 inches, and each cost $16,000 !!!

I still have a sealed promotional cassette tape from Apple, describing the wonders of the Apple experience.

At least, you assume that's what's on the sealed tape. Perhaps it got mixed up with some secret Steve Jobs recording...

I still have a sealed promotional cassette tape from Apple, describing the wonders of the Apple experience.

well back to what I think was the goal of the OP, here are a few photo's of MacWorlds past that I have attended.

The intel Switch: (I always loved this line, and they were all over the Moscone area)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85195/ehmac/macworld/intel.jpg

And then the launch of the MacMini:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85195/ehmac/macworld/macmini.jpg

I also have another one of me at the front door of the very first MW I was ever at but I can't find the photo I will keep digging and post if I can find it

At least, you assume that's what's on the sealed tape. Perhaps it got mixed up with some secret Steve Jobs recording...

This is the conundrum of the sealed tape. Unsealing it may make it ordinary. Currently, it's still the sealed directives of Steve Jobs.

I always liked the shark image on the G3 powerbook. I've got the poster/info sheet around somewhere.
It marked a real change in computing. I loved the hot swappable bays. I owned the zip, cd/dvd, dumby, and extra battery modules.
With two batteries in, the laptop ran for a very long time.(taken in context f the day that is)
Great form factor too. :-)

Deleted because I didn't read all of the original posting.