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The Lost 1984 Mac Video
An anonymous reader writes "Never seen video footage of the introduction of the Macintosh in January 1984 was published for the first time on the Internet today. Renowned Mac user Scott Knaster kept that Betamax video tape for 21 years, and German media agency TextLab has unearthed this only surviving video tape of the launch." They could probably use more mirrors for the 22MB movie.
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Saying "They could probably use more mirrors for the 22MB movie." as you post it to Slashdot's frontpage mid-day is like walking up to a guy after a fight, knifing him in the stomach and saying "You could probably use more bandages for your wounds."
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Here are some magnet/edonkey mirror links:
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:CGUXHDIRWXFK362VRT63RMU6V
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After Lord Of The Rings, I have learnt to wait for the extended director's platinum cut version before committing myself.
Wait for the 33MB version!
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Never seen video footage [...] Renowned Mac user Scott Knaster kept that Betamax video tape for 21 years
And he never watched it?!?! What about the camera man? Was he blind?
I'm afraid to watch this - I heard about that world's funniest joke. Sounds like they've taken special precautions here.
Slashdotted in German?
Does anyone else find it oddly fitting that this was preserved on a Betamax tape?
Apple is really gonna sue him!
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Oh well, guess I waited for 21 years, I can wait a few more hours until it's mirrored elsewhere.
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I can't believe I'm asking for a mirror for a betamax tape ...
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Renowned Mac user Scott Knaster kept that Betamax video tape for 21 years, and German media agency TextLab has unearthed this only surviving video tape of the launch.
1984 called... it wants its technology back.
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That must of been the biggest file ever, how could they loose something so big?
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This is just a pathetic attempt to overshadow the *real* 20 year old mega-story: Bill Gate's 1983 Teen Beat Spread.
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Although wouldn't it be a antastic revolution if we could download from people who had already dowloaded it, thus allowing us all to share bandwidth. The data would arrive at such a high speed that one might consider it a torrent. A bittorrent, one might say. If only such a technology existed...
If der linken ist geslashdotted, relaxen und watchen der blinkenlights
I'm not arguing the accuracy of this description, but it's an odd turn of phrase. "Look at the way he presses that Apple command key! Astonishing!"
Imagine instead "renowned spoon user Dr. Dew."
"Renowned telephone user Mrs. Dew."
Pithy enough to fit on a headstone, too.
Steve never should have given up the bow ties.
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RTFJ.
Exeem.
I WANT ONE!!!
Most of Slashdot readers weren't born yet in 1984.
And now that the US are with us, you guys could back us up with some mirrors. Thanks bunches to all the folks who are helping us out!
I see how it is.. when in need, call on the US. When everything's fine, screw the US. Why does that sound so familiar?
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Young one, obviously you've never seen the music video of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
I still have my mid-1980s Apple videos about Applecare, Laserwriter repair, and Hyperdrive installation. I get no points for exoticness, though, because they're VHS, not beta.
My favorite moment is in one of the repair videos, where it shows the technician crossing fingers behind the back before discharging the CRT anode.
-DeeT
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I'm glad Steve doesn't wear bowties anymore.
About 15 years ago, I had a job as a PC repair monkey at the computer center at my university. As was often the case with student jobs, people came and went all the time. We were hiring new kids every couple of weeks.
About halfway through my senior year, we hired this freshman. Nice kid, but a little on the clueless side. Not only had he never worked on a Mac before, he'd never even seen one in person.
One day he had to go to one of the computer labs to pick up a Mac and bring it into the shop for service. (The analog board needed replacing, or something like that.) He hauled it in, set it on the bench, and proceeded to dig through all the bins in the shop.
"What are you looking for?" I asked him.
"A Mac power cord," he said. I just kinda stared for a minute. "What?" he demanded.
Without saying anything, I reached down into the bin by my bench, grabbed a power cord, and threw it at him.
"You mean Macs use regular power cords?" he asked.
Your question wasn't quite that stupid. But man, was it ever close.
People are cheering on various screens shown on a Macintosh. Quite corny.
Yeah, thank God nobody ever does that any more.
What master of business administration is going to go around (in the USA) using English that makes him look like a hillbilly
You mean besides the Preseident?
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Not really, A VHS would not have survived as long. Beta was a significantly more robust format.
And the VHS vs. Betamax wars begin. Keep it clean. Fight!!!
I'll always remember this:
Apple's new Macintosh.
Smaller than a PDP-11. No wireless. Lame.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Mod parent funny. I'm a Bush man, but I know when to say 'touché.'
Too much Law; not enough Order.
Do you know when to say 'sorry'?
That was classic intercourse!