Category: Retro

The Hard Disk icon from TOS Operating System for Atari's ST, Mega and TT computers

Atari TOS Hard Disk Icon Background/Wallpaper

Representing the hierarchy of disks(volumes), directories, subdirectories, and files, presented a challenge when inventing graphical user interfaces for computers.  Today, we’ve settled on the folder/sub-folder/file paradigm for Windows and Macs.  Early GUIs had similar,...

Atari “About TOS” Window Screen

In September 1984, Atari sent a team of its best engineers to the offices of Digital Research in Monterey, CA.  The teams goal was to port Digital Research’s GEM graphical user interface to Atari’s...

The "Welcome to Macintosh" greeting, seen through System 7.5 of Mac OS

Welcome to Macintosh Screens

After the initial power-on chimes, and after Happy Mac (but not after Sad Mac), and just before the Finder is ready, the original Apple Macintosh computers would greet the user with this simple, and...

Don't worry, be happy

Happy Mac Screens

When booting up, the original Apple Macintosh computers would greet the user with one of two icons.  Happy Mac meant that your Macintosh was operating well and was ready-to-go.  As opposed to the Sad...