Macinography 12: The Macintosh II Series

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Steve Jobs loved his all-in-one Mac, but not everyone was happy with its limitations. Even before Steve’s departure, engineers were planning a new expandable Mac with color screens and lots of power. From the cancelled Big Mac to a Wicked Fast IIfx, the projects that made the Macintosh II series were some of Apple’s most influential. Listen in to hear the tale of the Mac’s second act.

Sources / Notes:

Macworld April 1987
The Mac II Reference Guide by Scott Foresman
Folklore.org
Folklore.org: Mea Culpa
[CHM Oral History - Rich Page Part 1
Insanely Great by Steven Levy (2000 Edition)
Apple Confidential 2.0 by Owen Lintzmeyer
Adventure-Apple
West of Eden by Frank Rose
On Macintosh Programming by Daniel K. Allen
Mac GUI :: The Macintosh Network File Server Prototype of 1984
AppleWorld 1987 Keynote
1987–05 Iconoclast - Birth of the Mac II
Mode32 Information
Open Letter To Apple - TidBITS

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