Title
MacPaint oral history with Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld
Catalog Number
102658007
Type
Document
Description
On June 8, 2004, Grady Booch interviewed Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld, early Apple developers, on videotape for the Computer History Museum’s Oral History Program. In this transcript of that session, they discuss the development of the Macintosh and its early software, particularly, MacPaint. The two programmers relate their early computing experiences, how they came to Apple, and share stories of what went on during the early ‘80s at Apple. They discuss the evolution of technology from the Lisa to the development of the Macintosh, including descriptions of the design decisions along the way. Atkinson and Hertzfeld talk about the details of creating early software for the Macintosh, and show onscreen versions of the software, including a demo of MacPaint 1.0.
Date
2004-06-08
Contributor
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Atkinson, Bill, Interviewee
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Booch, Grady, Interviewer
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Crocker, Suzanne, Editor
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Hertzfeld, Andy, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Extent
68 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Computer software; Atkinson, Bill; Hertzfeld, Andy; Apple II (computer); command; Hoffman, Joanna; HyperCard; Jobs, Steven, 1955-; Kare, Susan; Lisa (Computer); LisaDraw; LisaGraf; Macintosh (Computer); MacPaint; MacWrite (Software); Markkula, Mike; Mouse; Page, Rich; PhotoShop; QuickDraw; Raskin, Jef; Simonyi, Charles; SketchPad; Smalltalk; Smith, Burrell; Tesler, Larry; Tribble, Bud; User interfaces (Computer systems); Wozniak, Stephen Gary, 1950-; Xerox PARC
Collection Title
Oral history collection
