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The Jonathan Computer

Source: Hartmut Esslinger & frog(design) team

And another piece of history. And an equally almost unknown one. In 1984, when Apple's market share was just around 15%, the search was on for new concepts that would be innovative on the one hand, but on the other hand could top the profits from the sale of the Macintosh II. 

The Jonathan Concept is anything but widely known. But the idea of a modular design with support for Apple II, Mac, UNIX and DOS software sounds quite tempting.

But as we know from history, such a computer never existed. Nevertheless, the article by author Nicola D'Agostino is absolutely worth reading.

At least you can tease some of the current Apple disciples with little known history. (I wonder if in 30 years we will ever write an article about the 'notch' ... 🙄)

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