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Marcin Wichary

It’s wild how the default font picker on Macs today still looks like this thing from 1987:

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Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

The dramatic angle of the mouse in this photo is so interesting.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

After a unique first edition, Lisa 2 got its branding (and eventually its name) to be much closer to the Mac’s.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

Similarly to how the photos of the Mac in its first manual showed an earlier unreleased edition with a 5" Twiggy drive, Lisa’s early photos show a keyboard with temporary legends.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

The final design looked something like this:

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

James hypothesized this icon was also with a Twiggy drive.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

This feels like a pretty ugly treatment of a modifier key in this Filco Mac keyboard.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

Some more keyboards. I’m sure these shapes are super nostalgic to some!

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

This must be the most beautiful degauss button in history?

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

And these are some more hot 1990s close ups.

Marcin Wichary replied to Marcin

Thank you James for inviting me! Check out his site here: hypertalking.com/, and all of the above photos are also here on Flickr: flickr.com/photos/mwichary/alb

Kyle Bradbury replied to Marcin

@mwichary thanks for the thread, I really enjoyed following along!

MV replied to Marcin

@mwichary thanks for documenting and sharing all these 🙏🏻

Georges Boez replied to Marcin

@mwichary Amazing stuff, Marcin! Thanks for sharing.

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