Apple Visits Washington Apple Pi

© 1999 Lawrence I. Charters

Washington Apple Pi Journal, Vol. 21, no. 2, March-April 1999, pp. 19, 35.

Easy Open G3: Apple Engineer JD Mankovskt; demonstrated the ease of opening a new generation G3 tower Mac during his in-depth show of new Apple hardware at January's meeting. Mankovskt; wowed members with demonstrations of new hardware and reports from the recent San Francisco Mac World Expo.
Easy Open G3: Apple Engineer JD Mankovskt; demonstrated the ease of opening a new generation G3 tower Mac during his in-depth show of new Apple hardware at January’s meeting. Mankovskt; wowed members with demonstrations of new hardware and reports from the recent San Francisco Mac World Expo.
Playstation on Mac: An avid WAP member tried the newly released Sony Playstation emulator on a new "Blue" G3 set up at the January meeting. The Playstation emulator comes from Connectix, maker of other popular Mac utilities such as RAM Doubler.
Playstation on Mac: An avid WAP member tried the newly released Sony Playstation emulator on a new “Blue” G3 set up at the January meeting. The Playstation emulator comes from Connectix, maker of other popular Mac utilities such as RAM Doubler.
The new blue and white 17" Apple Studio Display (designed to match the new "Power Macintosh G3 blue and white") has a nice, sharp picture. Almost as impressive as the picture is what is on the screen: JetMoto2, a Sony Playstation videogame, loaded from a CD-ROM and running on the Power Mac using Virtual Playstation, from Connectix.
The new blue and white 17″ Apple Studio Display (designed to match the new “Power Macintosh G3 blue and white”) has a nice, sharp picture. Almost as impressive as the picture is what is on the screen: JetMoto2, a Sony Playstation videogame, loaded from a CD-ROM and running on the Power Mac using Virtual Playstation, from Connectix.
Apple doesn't call tile new "Power Macintosh G3 blue and white" a mini-tower, but it is. Here the machine is shown from the rear, with the side door open. Amazingly enough, the computer was powered on and fully functional when the picture was taken.
Apple doesn’t call tile new “Power Macintosh G3 blue and white” a mini-tower, but it is. Here the machine is shown from the rear, with the side door open. Amazingly enough, the computer was powered on and fully functional when the picture was taken.
The inside of the new "Power Macintosh G3 blue and white" reveals an incredibly clean, accessible design: the computer opens right up, with almost no effort. The processor is under the cube-like heat sink at the bottom center, with the PCI video card standing behind it to the right.
The inside of the new “Power Macintosh G3 blue and white” reveals an incredibly clean, accessible design: the computer opens right up, with almost no effort. The processor is under the cube-like heat sink at the bottom center, with the PCI video card standing behind it to the right.
Apple has something old and something new in the back of the new "Power Macintosh G3 blue and white:" on the left are two FireWire ports, with a round ADB (Apple Desktop Port) to the right, then an Ethernet 10/lOOBASE-T port, followed by two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, one of them in use, and finally two ports for sound. In the first slot on the right is a video cable leading to the PCI-based 128-bit video card.
Apple has something old and something new in the back of the new “Power Macintosh G3 blue and white:” on the left are two FireWire ports, with a round ADB (Apple Desktop Port) to the right, then an Ethernet 10/lOOBASE-T port, followed by two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, one of them in use, and finally two ports for sound. In the first slot on the right is a video cable leading to the PCI-based 128-bit video card.
The new "Open-Minded" Macintosh G3 draws stares from meeting attendees.
The new “Open-Minded” Macintosh G3 draws stares from meeting attendees.
Next-generation Macs: Apple Computer Engineer Colin Bonds, center, set up a brand new “Blue” Mac G3 and monitor in the lobby as Beth Medlin, left, and other Mac admirers watched closely. Enthusiastic members impressed by the G3’s beauty and speed later mobbed the machine.