???? – 1992retired
Apple IIGS
“Graphics and Sound, grace and speed: the last and loveliest of the Apple II line.”
“Sixteen shades of grey, and every one of them beloved.”
In August 1988, Apple Computer released its very first scanner: the Apple Scanner, a flatbed that could take an A4 page and turn it into 4-bit, 16-level greyscale goodness at 300 dpi. It was the machine that taught Macs to see. For fans, it was the start of a whole new love affair with paper.
By 1991 it had been discontinued, its brief grey-toned career complete. It paved the way for everything Apple scanned afterward, and those who fed pages into its glass remember it fondly — one humble flatbed, sixteen shades of dignity.
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“Graphics and Sound, grace and speed: the last and loveliest of the Apple II line.”
“It dialed up one last time and nobody picked up”
“The little beige tank that ran out of room, not out of respect.”