OMG, it’s here!!! Promised myself not to open this until I finish the current chapter (tomorrow), but it will be HARD. !!!!!pic.twitter.com/ttWHpqRAVf
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It has Leap keys to quickly move around – instant search under your thumbs. It’s one of the most exciting keyboards ever made.pic.twitter.com/aG2TI0NJxC
There are no files on the Cat, you just divide an infinitely long document into sections using special markers.
It uses floppies, but there is no explicit saving. Overall, it’s a fascinating, enthralling, what-could-have-been vision of computing.
I have always wanted to have it, and now I do, reunited with this 15-year-old book that inspired me so much.
Jef Raskin died unexpectedly just before I came to the U.S. I never got a chance to meet him.
I remember writing his obituary with a pit in my stomach.
But now I have his computer that made me want to pursue being a particular kind of designer. I just cleaned up and restored it.pic.twitter.com/LtjECC3wQI
I still have to fix the floppy drive and check the printer. But this is already amazing. I typed all of this on Cat itself…
…which is so great to be able to say. (Of course it’s already in my book.) To the Cat! And to Jef Raskin.pic.twitter.com/Nkher4LCjL
(Thanks to @splorp for helping me out and to The 8-Bit Guy for teaching me about computer restoration.)
After many false starts, I just managed to connect my Canon Cat to my MacBook Pro. Here’s the details for those who care:https://medium.com/@mwichary/how-i-convinced-my-1987-canon-cat-to-talk-to-my-2017-macbook-pro-84391301dbf0 …
Also, Canon Cat knew how to do underlines properly in 19-goddamn-87.pic.twitter.com/5dvWgZsPsr
My friend’s description of the Cat: “that tiny computer with the 3-d keyboard.” <3
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