MacPaint oral history with Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld
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.
Item Details
- Date
- 2004-06-08 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658007
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Andy Hertzfeld (Interviewee)
Suzanne Crocker (Editor)
Grady Booch (Interviewer)
Bill Atkinson (Interviewee) - Category
- Transcript
- Format
- Extent
- 68 p.
- Place of publication
- North America/USA/CA/Menlo Park
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X2786.2004
- Subject
- Smalltalk, SketchPad, PhotoShop, Mouse, Apple II (Computer), Xerox PARC, HyperCard, User Interfaces (Computer Systems), MacPaint, Macintosh (Computer), Lisa (Computer), Computer Software
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History Collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection