oster@ucblapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (04/23/86)
The old macintoshs had 47 signatures embossed into the plastic of the case. The new mac backs are missing 16 and 1/2 of those 47 signatures. Steve Jobs is still on the back, but Jef Raskin, Andy Hertzfeld, and Bill Atkinson are three of the more famous Mac people who have been made non-persons. Jef Raskin's name and half of Burrell Smith's name are obscured by the plastic of the new frame at the base of the Mac that surrounds the i/o ports. The other names were on raised areas that have been made level with the rest of the back in the new Mac backs. MacWorld, p.26, May/June '84 has a picture of the old Mac back, before the conductive RF-shield paint is sprayed on. Those of you with back issues might like to take a momment to look up the names of those who are no longer with us. --- David Phillip Oster -- "The goal of Computer Science is to Arpa: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu -- build something that will last at Uucp: ucbvax!ucblapis!oster -- least until we've finished building it."