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One of the magazine ads for the original Macintosh highlighted this. Iirc, a 68k in all its glory was shown next to a plastic DIP 8088. It made enough of an imp
by allenrb 4y ago
One of the magazine ads for the original Macintosh highlighted this. Iirc, a 68k in all its glory was shown next to a plastic DIP 8088. It made enough of an impression on my ~12 y/o self to still picture it today.
Well, look at that. It’s this ad: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/3236356042 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/3236356042 and I was 11 at the time.
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