Who lives in a computer on your desk?
Steve Jobs wanted a character who "pops up every once in a while, when you least expect it, winks at you and disappears". Unfortunately the bit-mapped Mr Macintosh could not fit in the ROM, but a hook was left if anyone wanted to use the idea later.


Source: Revolution in the Valley
Page: 66
Filed in: Macintosh
Original Newton Message Pad
CPU: ARM 610
Speed: 20MHz
RAM: 640kB
Weight: 0.4kg
Introduced: August 1993
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