Vintage Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

What every superhero needs: Watchmen black SE/30

by Michael Rose (Mar 6th, 2009)

Even though reviewers and early attendees have pointed out a slew of Apple references (including a snippet of the 1984 ad) in the Watchmen film, the one we've been waiting for most eagerly is the appearance of Adrian (Ozymandias) Veidt's sleek black SE/30. In the film version of 1985, it's what ...

Apple: Welcome to the obsolete list, PowerBook G4

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 4th, 2009)

Ars Technica reports that Apple will announce the latest additions to its list of vintage and obsolete machines on March 17. The list, initially reported through MacMerc, includes the following: The "vintage" machines are ones where service parts are available to repair machines purchased in ...

Vintage games for the iPhone: Crystal Quest is back

by Michael Rose (Nov 14th, 2008)

Back when the Macintosh meant a machine with a built-in black & white screen, there were some extremely popular games -- but for the generation that remembers the introduction of the Mac II's color display, the unmistakable gameplay of Crystal Quest is sure to spark a deep sense of joy. ...

Found footage: Remembering Lisa

by Dave Caolo (Sep 4th, 2008)

Alfred DiBlasi is at it again. A few months ago, he impressed us with the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh he found on ebay. What's impressive about that? It was still factory sealed. Never opened, never booted, never used. That's the kind of find that makes my beige, vintage heart flutter. This ...

Reminder, TUAW Talkcast 1st anniversary show at 10pm ET

by Michael Rose (Aug 3rd, 2008)

If you haven't tuned in yet for last week's talkcast, go check it out -- it features Scott's farewell announcement and our cranky assessment of MobileMe's first weeks. Download direct, or subscribe to the TalkShoe feed in iTunes. Join us again tonight (Sunday 8/3) for our next live show, 10 pm ET ...

Outspring puts the final nail in QuickMail's coffin

by Michael Rose (Jul 28th, 2008)

Back in the summer of 1989, as an eager, green college intern for a major publishing company, I arrived on my first day of work to find that my office wasn't so much an office as it was a storage room. Sure, it had ample space and ventilation, but it was a glorified closet all the same -- home to my ...

Vintage Apple books and software

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 21st, 2007)

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Vintage_Apple_Software_and_Books_Gallery'; Mad props to my parents for keeping our basement an Apple museum! Aside from a pristine Apple //c (with monochrome monitor), vintage Apple ][ ,and Mac SE/30 (with a color monitor card) they kept most if not all of our Mac ...

NeXT collection on eBay

by Mike Schramm (Aug 16th, 2007)

Combining two of our little trends lately, retroware and eBay vintage, here's the motherload for any NeXT fan-- a complete (and boy do I mean complete) set of NeXT computer cube stuff on eBay. Holy cow that's a lot of stuff-- he's a matching grayscale (!) display and speakers, all the cables, a ...

Apple flag for sale on eBay

by Mike Schramm (Aug 14th, 2007)

After we posted that neon Apple sign a little while back, reader Franco thought we'd get a kick out of this Apple flag for sale on eBay, and he was right. The best news is that right now, it's sitting pretty at only $10 (reserve not yet met, though) flying upwards-- what are you TUAW readers, ...

Uni version of Mactracker released

by Michael Rose (Dec 6th, 2006)

Everyone has their indispensable, go-to utilities for the Mac, but for my money (that is, no money at all) you can't find a better reference tool for vintage Mac support than Ian Page's obsessively complete Mactracker. As noted previously on TUAW, it's great for figuring out RAM requirements and OS ...

Flickr Find: Old Apple wrench

by Dave Caolo (Apr 11th, 2006)

How's this for vintage Apple hardware? While looking through the Macintosh Flickr group, I came across this gem that fits in perfectly with our vintage Mac theme. The photographer, jotefa, writes that it's a 5mm wrench that came with the serial interface card for his Apple ][. Hold on to that, ...

Rig of the Day: Performa 578

by Dave Caolo (Apr 3rd, 2006)

For the month of April, the theme for our Rig of the Day will be "Vintage Macs" in honor of Apple's anniversary. We start things off with Erin MJ's shot of a well-loved Performa 578. She still remembers all those years ago when this very machine first arrived at her house: "...in my ...

GLTerminal for OS X

by Fabienne Serriere (Feb 1st, 2006)

I'm a Mac girl who spends most of her time hanging in the terminal, so you may say old school stuff makes me happy. If that's the case, then I'm jumping for joy at the extra old-schoolness of this GLTerminal port for OSX. As if my use of terminal-based chat centericq weren't enough, I have put a ...

Lesson learned: Keep a vintage Mac around

by Dave Caolo (Aug 17th, 2005)

Recently, I learned the importance of keeping old files current, and why it's helpful to keep a working vintage Mac around. The school I work for was audited by both the state and Federal Departments of Education earlier this summer (we passed with flying colors, by the way). They wanted to see ...

A treasure trove of classic Mac games

by Dave Caolo (Jun 20th, 2005)

This weekend I was reading Mr. Barrett's site (a Mac tech who has helped me out of more than a couple of jams) when I saw his link to this fantastic collection of classic Mac games. I wasted a good deal of the early 1990's playing SimCity, The Fool's Errand and of course, Maelstrom. This was back ...