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The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

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What it is

A restored recording of Steve Jobs unveiling the original Macintosh in 1984, including the moment it is taken out of its bag and speaks. The upload comes from the team that rediscovered and restored the lost footage.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as the source for the talking-Macintosh introduction, usually in threads about speech synthesis and audio.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “The video of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984 never fails to put a smile on my face.”

    Jobs introducing the talking Macintosh in 1984.

    mickel, 2019-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Show HN: tayl.app – Turn Websites into Podcasts”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, macintosh, 1984, product launch, speech synthesis

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