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quite possible because it's from Europe, but remember that Apple was sticking + on the end of their model names 6 years before the Amiga existed.
by deater 1y ago
quite possible because it's from Europe, but remember that Apple was sticking + on the end of their model names 6 years before the Amiga existed.
- zamalek 1y agoI think that many companies have been appending + to the end of product names for an extremely long time. This is hardly an Apple innovation.
- bigiain 1y agoNext you're gonna try and tell me that Apple didn't invent the mobile phone. Or the portable MP3 player. Or the windowing GUI.
- al_be_back 1y agoJobs was "inspired" by a visit at Xerox labs, they showed him a GUI built using Smalltalk (which they'd also invented). So naturally, he ran back to his office and invented GUI ;)
- lostlogin 1y agoThere is no prize for second… unless you do it better.
- al_be_back 1y agoOr for third I guess lol Jobs demoed a mac gui to Gates, and apparently Gates ran strait to his Microsoft office, where he too invented gui. Jobs was very upset for years.
- chihuahua 1y agoSteve Jobs invented the "+" sign at Reed College! /s
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoYes but it was much more stylish: ⌘ /s
- bestham 1y agoNo, it was not Steve that found the Symbol but Susan Kare the Macintosh graphics artist. https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoYeah, that means it was Steve. :P /s (joking, relax..)
- bigiain 1y agoBut unlike Steve, Susan will live on immortal - as the inventor of the Dogcow.
- boneitis 1y agoNo, but they did invent rounded corners :^)
- whyenot 1y agoI think it actually was an Apple innovation, at least for {hobbyist, home, personal} computers. I did some digging and wasn't able to find anything before the Apple II+ in 1979. Please do prove me wrong, though!
- Y_Y 1y agoI found an old edition of Byte from 77 where they advertise a "Vector Graphic Vector 1+": https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_02-10_Implementing_Space_War.pdf https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_0... A quick search doesn't find me pictures, but I did find a "Vector 1++”: https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/ https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/
- Someone 1y ago> remember that Apple was sticking + on the end of their model names 6 years before the Amiga existed. Did they? AFAIK, Apple always used “Plus”, not “+” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_Plus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_Plus, https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/documentation/hardware/machines/of-vital-importance.pdf https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/documenta...), and “+” is shorthand invented by the community. The Macintosh Plus, similarly, wasn’t a Macintosh+ in Apple’s marketing, AFAIK. And, looking at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500#Amiga_500_Plus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500#Amiga_500_Plus, it doesn’t look like Commodore stuck + on the end of their model names, either.
- exasperaited 1y agoThe BBC Model B (the machine the Raspberry Pi got its A/B designation) was supplemented with a Model B+ in 1985, with twice the memory. https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/BBCB+64.html https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/BBCB+6...