Funny how it's really not THAT different than computers today, right? We just have more colors and higher resolution, and slightly better text-to-speech. ;)

When I saw this, as part of a class, I was surprised that we had text-to-speech way back then. I'd always assumed that came much later.

I also love Jobs' dramatic flair. He was kinda campy when he was younger.

We had that since the late 50's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGsfwhb4-bQ

> I was surprised that we had text-to-speech way back then. I'd always assumed that came much later.

It's not surprising that that you were surprised. The "Macintalk" software that was part of that demo was a crude one shot that didn't get maintained regularly. IIRC, the speech synthesis was neglected by the time of System 4.1 and didn't get engineering resources again until about Mac OS 8 or so. (I started owning Macs during this time period and was disappointed that my first Mac couldn't do speech for almost 5 years until Apple got their act together again.) Macro/scripting support also had an abortive start, with System 6 using a "MacroMaker" system that was shelved for 7, only to be partially replaced by AppleScript. (With UI scripting only being reintroduced with OS X!) And don't get me started on how Apple abandoned Balloon Help and Apple Guide for the inferior systems used on currrent Macs... /-:

Worth watching if only to see Steve Jobs wearing a suit!

Can we put 30 year old flame wars to rest? We need to concentrate on modern ones instead. Please and thank you.

I didn't submit the article.