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  1. And about the original "1984"--- by LittleGuy · · Score: 1 · on Apple and Pepsi Ad Sports RIAA Targets

    1984 Apple Commercial - The Making of a Legend, originally from Owen Linzmayer's book, The Mac Bathroom Reader.

    And for you Trivial Pursuit buffs: the name of the hammer-wielding blonde is Anya Major, an obscure British actress who was a discus thrower.

  2. Re:iPods predicted in 1984? by the+JoshMeister · · Score: 3, Informative · on Apple History At folklore.org

    So you can compare, here's a link to the original commercial, which you can see didn't have an iPod in it. ;o)

    (As has been mentioned, Apple digitally added the iPod in the 2004 version of the commercial.)

  3. Re:Jan. 22, 1984 by MarsCtrl · · Score: 1 · on Macintosh 2004 Case Mod
    The spot aired on Jan. 22, 1984, the date of that year's Super Bowl.
    ...although technically, it also aired for the first time on December 15, 1983, at 1:00 AM (the sign off slot for KMVT 11, Twin Falls, Idaho), so that it would be elligable to receive awards the following year.

    (See here or here for details)
  4. 1984 advertisement history by rufey · · Score: 4, Informative · on Macintosh's 1984 Debut
    Other posters have provided links to the famous 1984 advertisement, but I haven't seen anyone post the history of the ad. It almost wasn't shown at all because the board didn't like it at all.

    Here is a good writeup on how the advertisement came about and what the initial internal reaction to the ad was in late 1983.

  5. Re:Classic ad updated, too! by transient · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True

    The girl is Anya Major, and she was chosen in part because she was the only one who didn't get dizzy spinning the hammer around. There is more general information about the commercial here.

  6. Re:Tron! by CyberDong · · Score: 2, Informative · on TRON 20th Anniversary Edition DVD Reviewed

    Thankfully, there's a MAME download for those who can't imagine it...

  7. Re:Somebody hire this guy! by jejones · · Score: 2 · on The Laid-off Techie
    "Now, don't be mean." --Buckaroo Banzai

    Hang on...the CoCo 3 didn't have the chiclet keys, and there were nice third party keyboards even for the 1 and 2. (For that matter, there have been PClone keyboard adapters for CoCos for some time; anyone wanting one now should check out Mark Marlette at Cloud-9.