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Yes, Apple did sell a TV in the 90s! The Macintosh TV was a cul de sac off the road to converged video Released in 1993, the $2,099 Macintosh TV sold only 10,000 units. Btw, it was the first Macintosh to be made in black and came with a matching black keyboard and mouse. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/20-years-ago-today-apple-took-its-first-crack-at-tv-and-failed/

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TIL https://lists.ding.net/othersite/isoc-internet-history/2009/oct/msg00000.html

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In the guise of a monospaced mailing list the text gains the authority of ancient wisdom

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"most things in life are like a beatles or a bob dylan song" this snippet still gives me goose bumps steve jobs and bill gates on their friendship and journey in the industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaWuD64SOvI

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A lot of these companies don’t exist anymore. This is why I can never take what the Google folks and Zuck built for granted. https://x.com/BoringBiz_/status/1959433977074233578

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The good ol’ VHS-C https://youtu.be/HFYWHeBhYbM

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44 years ago, on August 12, 1981, IBM announces the IBM PC https://dosdays.co.uk/computers/IBM%20PC%20(5150)/ibm5150.php

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ps2 ads used to go so hard

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Sony Network Walkman NW-E95 mp3 player, 2004

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The Sword of Kumdor (1991) https://lynn.github.io/kumdor/

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AT&T‘s 1993 "You Will" ad campaign. Heard about this AT&T ad campaign on Peter Diamanti's podcast "Moonshot" today. They basically predicted the future in 1993. (You will hear 6x "You Will … and the company that will bring it to you … AT&T. — sorry 😬)

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