[MACEP] What was hot from Apple in September in 1997.

[Martin]

Hello,

Over the weekend I was cleaning out some things and ran across a box of 
information from August, 1997 I had received while at Apple.  With the 
new school year starting up, I thought you may enjoy a quick trip down 
"memory lane" of what would have been available from Apple ten years 
ago.

* Steve Jobs had returned to Apple a few months earlier as the "iCEO".

* In August, at the MacWorld in Boston, Bill Gates announced that 
Microsoft would invest $150 million in Apple and will develop and ship 
future versions of its Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and 
development tools for the Macintosh.

* The "All-In-One" 5400 and 5500 series units were the popular 
education models.
These were with PowerPC 603e processors of 180/200/or 225 MHz w/ 32MB 
of memory; 2GB hard drives; 12x CD-ROM drives.

* For those looking for separate monitor/towers, the 6500 series with a 
275 MHz processor; 4GB of storage and with a built-in ZIP drive would 
have been the deluxe education models.

* The "Preforma" line of consumer products were at dealers.

* "The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh" was available in limited 
numbers.

* The PowerBook 1400 and 3400 series of laptops were available.

* OS 8 was the current Operating System.

* LocalTalk was still built into every Macintosh.  However, almost all 
models offered an Ethernet upgrade as well.

* The Newton and eMate were available.

* And the ImageWriter II was still available (dot matrix printer)!!

Have a great 2007-2008 school year!

Martin Fromme
Business Development Manager - Education
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company
Voice: 503-246-3543
Email: frommem at us.panasonic.com
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