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The two computers that made Apple

The Vergecast

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The Future of Computing

The Apple II earned its credibility as a serious machine, but some consumers didn't want to take the lid off that thing at all. Visical is probably by far the best known of the five and it's the one that sort of made everybody want when I work. Locksmith was basically copy protection breaking software. At least if you were a developer or publisher in the industry, that's what you would have understood it to be Software that helped you commit piracy.

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