Landon Dyer - Sorry I Almost Got You Fired (1989)
How Loma Prieta, Emacs, and Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) converged
November 24, 202213m 43s
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Show Notes
How the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, GNU Emacs, and the Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop converged.
Written by Landon Dyer at dadhacker.com in 2009.
Gary Davidian quote from his CHM Oral History (video 1, 2; transcript 1, 2).
Some MPW history, some funny MPW error messages, an overview of the famous Projector revision control system, and MPW’s funky About Box animation. I miss About Boxes. :-(