Re: Apple I Auction Article

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Nov 30, 9:10 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> The recent episode of Big Bang Theory with Woz guesting used his
> appearance on Dancing With the Stars to connect non-geeks (Penny)
> with his role as a founder of Apple (but I'd wager that very few have
> any idea what his contribution was).

Most of the geeks I know loved that episode, but there seems to be a
breakpoint at around 30 years of age (as of this writing). The geeks
who are 20 something didn't have the mass exposure to the Apple II
through their education that the somewhat older ones had.

I've always found it interesting that DJ'ing as an art has allowed
Vinyl to cross the generational barrier, and I'd say there's a
relationship of a kind between the way (for example) the aesthetic
experience of Vinyl music alters the perception of the sound and the
way many of us relate to retro computing.

Or to put it another way, there's something interesting about the way
I respond emotionally to the 'crackle' of static and dust, and the way
I respond to 'beep, clatter clatter clatter ... ' ;-)