Re: Case Signatures

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From: dennisg
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1987 02:23

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In article <MS.V3.18.rs4u.80022404.brownsville.ibm032.3022.2@andrew.cmu.edu>
rs4u#@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) writes:
>
>The earlier Macs had the signatures of the design team on the 
>inside of the case's back panel, which I find a very well-deserved
>tribute to those genius designers.
>
>However, many of the Mac Design team left Apple about the 
>same time that Steve Jobs did, and in a fit of mean-spiritedness, 
>Apple removed may of those names from the Mac Case.

Why manufacture a conspiracy to explain this?  The way I heard it was...

The original Mac and Fat Mac had the same cases, with signatures.

The Mac+ introduced a SCSI port, and that brought substantial changes in the
layout and size of the connectors in back.  When Apple had the existing molds
reworked, SOME of the signatures were lost in the process.  They didn't bother
to put them back.

The new cases probably come from entirely new molds.  By this time, Apple
was tired of the whole signature thing anyway, and just never put 'em on.

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Subject: Re: Case Signatures
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Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 21:23:22 EST
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