Exhibition: Macintosh’s 40th Anniversary

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The Electronic Literature Lab is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh with an exhibition of Apple products beginning with the Macintosh released in 1984: the Macintosh 512K. The featured items in the exhibition are but a few among the many computing devices from Dene Grigar’s personal collection. Grigar is founder and director of the Electronic Literature Lab, and director of the Creative Media and Digital Culture program at WSU Vancouver.

Exhibited technologies:

  • Macintosh 512K “Fat Mac”, Sept. 10, 1984
  • Apple 3.5 Drive, in original box, January 1984
  • Macintosh Plus, January 1986
  • Apple IIGS, “Woz” Edition, April 1986
  • Macintosh SE, March 2, 1987
  • LocalTalk Locking Connector Kit Din 8, 1987
  • Macintosh SE / 30, January 1989
  • Newton, May 1992
  • QuickTake 100, in original box, 1994
  • PowerBook 520C, May 1994
  • iMac G3, August 1998
  • iBook G3 Blueberry (“Clamshell”), July 1999
  • PowerMac G4 Cube, July 2000
  • iSight, in original box, 2003
  • Airport Express, in original box, June 7, 2004
  • iWork / iLife ’05, January 2005
  • iPod Shuffle (1 GB, First Generation) in original box, January 2005
  • iPod (“Black” 30 GB, Fifth Generation iPod), in original box, late 2006
  • Mac Mini, February 2006
  • iPod Classic (“Silver” 160 GB), late 2009
  • iPhone 3GS (16 GB) in original box, 2009
  • iPhone 5S (16 GB) in original box, 2013
  • iPad Air (“Space Gray,” 32 GB) in original box, late 2013 – early 2014
  • Pencil November, in original box, 2020

 

Location:
Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 211A

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