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The Lost 1984 Mac Video

Posted by michael on from the chariots-of-fire dept.

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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  1. Erm, Lost!? What!? by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know I've seen this video online a while back. I dont exactly remember it being 'lost' anywhere.

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  2. Here we go... by byolinux · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks for checking for "The Lost 1984 Mac Video"

    You can try a time sliced download here, and if this is overloaded (it probably is), there are mirrors at macnews.de, php-schmiede.de, ppcnux.de, ftp.ppcnux.de, MacTechNews.de and elbewerk.

     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!

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  3. BitTorrent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Torrent: http://tracker.degreez.net/downloads/1984macintro. mov.torrent

  4. NOT the 1984 Commercial by Agar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just in case any one is confused, this is not the Big Brother ad that showed during the Super Bowl.

    It's a video of the actual introduction by Jobs at an Apple event.

    Screen shots, speech synthesis, Jobs in a bow tie.

    Interesting to see what geeks in 1984 cheered at, but that's about it.

  5. Re:How do you say... by piquadratCH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Slashdotted in German?

    As the Heise Newsticker tends to have the same effect as Slashdot on linked sites, the term "geheised" is a accurate translation of "slashdotted".

  6. Re:Betamax? by SirWinston · · Score: 5, Informative

    > Not really, A VHS would not have survived as long. Beta was a significantly more
    > robust format.

    This is a common misconception, but no. The magnetic tape used is almost identical and will last roughly as long. VHS and Beta, using magnetic tape and analog formats, are very long-lasting and decay gracefully.

    You might see extra noise and dropouts on a 25-year-old VHS or Beta, but it will play perfectly fine as long as it wasn't stored in a hot or wet place. Hot and wet is great when you're with a lady, but not when you're storing media. ;-)

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