One of the benefits of doing my annual "25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries" list is the e-mail these trips down memory lane generate. For example, reader Jeff Little was taken by the inclusion this year of the first laser printer for the Mac, Apple LaserWriter.
Little writes: "I used to own an original Apple LaserWriter. It worked great on my Mac & PC. I made a custom cable for my PC serial port, the driver came with Windows95. ... I got mine from an Apple developer when I lived in Silicon Valley. It was all beat to hell; paid $100 for it and changed a $30 clutch. Worked great for years ... I kinda hated to give it up."
"The trivia question of the day is: Which four fonts were included (on ROMs with the ADOBE copyright) with the printer?"
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