January 24, 2005
The Long-Lost 1984 Mac Intro
A long-lost original broadcast of the introduction of the Mac by Steve Jobs. The original /. post seemed to indicate this was the 1984 commercial, but it's actually footage of Jobs introducing the Mac, apparently at an industry show--there's some retro-cool footage of the original Mac interface, and of Jobs in a tux rather than black slacks and turtleneck. Weirdly nostalgic.
Read the /. discussion for some other download options (here's a link to a BitTorrent).
The other interesting aspect to this story deals with the effects of being slashdotted. The original posting of the video was at preinheimer.com, but that quickly went offline due to dramatic increases in volume. "They could probably use more mirrors" is an understatement. Preinheimer posts this chart from their monthly bandwidth report:
[via Slashdot]
Posted by johndan at January 24, 2005 10:18 PM | TrackBack