Story of Sosumi & the Mac Startup Sound | Jim Reekes
The true story about the Sosumi beep, Mac startup sound, and other sounds I created at Apple. So many myths and urban legends. Here's the facts from the guy who did it.
The creation of the original Macintosh has been extensively studied and written about, but what happened after it launched? What was it like to own a Macintosh in the mid-eighties? I intend to tell this story of the Macintosh through the pages of MacUser.
1-bit rainbow provides resources for enthusiasts and collectors of Vintage Apple computers. Our name and logo were inspired by the curious beauty of retro technology. It wasn't powerful or high resolution; it did not have millions of colours or wireless technology; yet against all reason, it's simplicity and pioneering innovations still captivate us.
The Creation of a Self is a series of visual art and quotes inspired by the notion of booting a computer, creating a self, programming its memories and destroying memory monsters created from those memories, where the action of psychological death equals the discovery of love, truth, or what J. Krishnamurti calls "the awakening of intelligence."
The Cody Computer is an 8-bit home computer intended to be built as a DIY project. Inspired by (but not compatible with) the Commodore home computers of the 1980s, it's built around the Western Design Center's 65C02 and 65C22 and the Parallax Propeller microcontroller