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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. Thanks for the help by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They could probably use more mirrors for the 22MB movie.

    You could do something useful and make a torrent before posting the story to slashdot.


    -Colin

  2. Re:Corniest.video.ever.. by lokedhs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, not corny at all. Remember that this was 1984. This was back when the C64 was considered state of the art. The PC programs were text only. Most people in the audience had never seen anything like that before.

  3. Re:Man We were easily impressed back then. by Drakonian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since then, has there been anything else as revolutionary as the Mac was at the time? I can't think of any. It really *was* something to get excited about.

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