Apple QuickTake 100: 1994 Digital Camera Experience
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2018
- Unboxing and testing the Quick Take 100, Apple's first digital camera! It may only shoot in 0.31 megapixel 640x480, but at least it had 24-bit color when certain competitors were still doing black and white.
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If you'd like to directly check out the photos I took for this video, here's an album for ya:
imgur.com/a/5zYQ2
You got the "can't put a time-frame on it" aesthetic perfectly on the last receiver picture!
nice Time Machine- looks like an early episode of Roseanne to me!
Beyond the first image you for sure nailed the can't tell when this was taken photo style, and man that Ingles logo takes me back in time to the 90's of visiting family up your way. :-)
these photos are my a e s t h e t i c
These look very cool
This camera was positioned at an amazing time for desktop publishing. Being able to take pictures and insert them in to your publication in minutes was a real game changer. Used these with pagemaker for an all-digital yearbook and school paper back in '95!
For sure it was really useful but man you'd have to control all the conditions so much to get a decent shot :P
For a school year book it makes sense because the kids are used to posing for school pictures, all the indoor lighting is the same florescent bulbs, and there's enough space so that the photo distance isn't a problem.
That's exactly what I thought it would work for! When hooked up to a computer, its 8 picture limit would be solved.
clearly you went to a school with plenty of cash to blow
Apple used to give schools steep discounts on stuff. Still do, to a certain degree, but not nearly to the degree they did back then. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple flat out gave a few of these away to various schools to try to get them to buy more of them.
It looks like a projector.
LGR is no good, he forgot to mention that function
Chris Watson wait, it can be a projector?
CalculatinGenius - Please tell me you're being as sarcastic as Chris Watson is...
LIAR CHRIS WATSON that was the most compact camera in its time
catsdgs I'm sure that they would eventually have added a projector in the i camera 5 the Steve Jobs was not pleased because if you wanted an overpriced camera built into a Mac itself.
I appreciate that the first reason that the camera won't take pictures is because it's not on.
"Did ya turn it on, ya moron?" -Apple, 1994
"You're X it wrong" meme - since 1994
I would have hated being in tech support during the early days of computers. My mom worked for a tech support company that repaired computers for big companies and the government. This was in the early days of computers and before outsourcing took alot of the "grunt work" to Asia. They had people, especially in the government, who didn't know even the basics of computers beyond how to use a few programs, so they'd get it filled with viruses and porn. They had even upper management people in the state capital who'd try to illegally download stuff and brick their computers and they had people in the military who'd have sensitive stuff on their computers and it'd all be protected with a password like "password" or "123456". It was pretty funny hearing some of those stories.
Nowadays the only difference is that "high profile" users should know better about misuse but misuse anyway lol
That's really pretty typical of the troubleshooting list that used to be published in manuals (and probably still is).
I actually used this camera at the free ads paper I worked for around 1996. Was mostly used to take photos of used vehicles for sale, to then publish a small photo with description of said vehicle in print. Quality was good enough, and there was no film development step needed. It was a great little business enabler at the time. Even the 8 shot limitation wasn't an issue since clients would drive in to our premises and we'd take two shots.and quickly download, or our consultants would drive to the client and get a couple of shots of the item for sale and get back to the office to download photos. How far we've come.
Must have felt like science fiction at the time! :D
In early 2003 I caught a scene from a spy-thriller type movie with a guy dressed in black stalking around the middle of nowhere with a case full of gear. He opens it up and starts connecting wires, adjusting equipment, and furiously pounding on a keyboard. Minutes later... he's sent a text message over his cell phone.
guy is too adhd for a government job
We had one of those at our university. They just took pictures directly to the computer. Never used the 1mb internal storage.
Thank you Clint. My father passed a week ago, and your videos help me get my mind off my troubles. Thanks for making me laugh.
Now take a photo of an iphone X and post it on those conspiracy sites.
lmao
Jack Kraken no sir the Eye camera does not support anything gayer than iPhone 8 or otherwise it will self-destruct.
Device ATT boooo
Device ATT lol
Device ATT it will do that seppuku thing
You have a rare talent of being really genuine in what you are doing. Many people who are into the same stuff as you often appear as being in a forced pose to appear interesting. But you, my good sir, are a rare exception. For example those "new old" photos of yours are such a treat. Capturing such timeless sceneries with a period appropriate technology is something completely different than just slapping silly filter on a selfie.
Anyway a great review, as always. Those first digital cameras are such a fascinating topic. Thank you.
He is still crying i'm too cheap for a good apple book !
he is too nerdy non social guy.
Love this stuff. I'm scared you will inspire me to start hoarding useless crap. Thanks.
Didn't think you were an LGR fan lol, I do wonder some of the interesting tech you'd get over in China though
Thank you! And yes, unless you somehow make all the stuff become your livelihood, let my collection be a cautionary tale :P
My gut says Winston, but phrasing says C-Milk. Hmm. Since I don't trust myself anymore, I'll say - Hi C-Milk! :D
Winston! I love your videos!
Take a pic with that camera, and stay AWESOME
I remember these. I helped my neighbor take his business completely digital in about 1994... he was a Real Estate Appraiser. He was buying a roll of film shooting a handful of photo for each property and then spending a few hours at the local quick print store waiting to do each report. To go from that to one of these cameras and basically instant pictures (for the 1990’s). It was amazing...
It'll never catch on.
Your money is better invested in this hot new energy company out of Houston.
Agreed, Enron and Kodak are the future.
Surely Blockbuster is the safe bet? People will always need to rent movies.
Anything but Apple is a safe bet. Seen their Pippin? Apple will tank so hard, that they will never recover. Fact.
also i heard something called Yahoo, what a name
Google? Pah! I am still not convinced this "internet" thing will go anywhere.
I still have mine, but it was the Sony Mavica that had removable media that made me really enjoy digital photography. I carried a box of floppies around when using it. Good times.
Andrew Iverson I had the Mavica that stored in tiny Mini CD-Rs! Great little thing
I wonder why Sony didn't use their MiniDisc media in digital cameras... MiniDisc in general was a lost opportunity in digital storage. Could've given ZIP drives a run for their money. Empty media was readily available and relatively cheap.
Believe it or not Sony did release a version of the MiniDisc as a data format called MD-Data. You could buy an MD-Data drive and use the discs that were not compatible with regular MiniDiscs. Sony also released a camera the used the discs, CyberShot DSC-MD1.
Sony should've released a camera that could use regular MiniDiscs and also allow users to use the camera as an external MiniDisc drive for data storage! Those would've sold like hotcakes...
I eventually got the (probably collectible now) FD to Memory Stick adapter for my Mavica. You (with the right Sony software,natch..) read the Memory Stick by putting the adapter right in to a PC FDD!
I could smell my elementary school's computer lab when you turned on that mac.
A quick take on the Quick Take 100.
I was the QA lead at Apple on this project! What memories. Like the CIA employee who approached our booth at MacWorld and asked if it would be possible to hook up the camera's output to some sort of radio transmitter so the photos could be uploaded in real time to an overhead aircraft or satellite. Not very practical and it made us wonder what they were planning on using it for! More fun was the guy from Penthouse magazine who was interested in it for test shots. Several of us guys from the Apple booth volunteered to come to a Penthouse shoot with a prototype so they could check it out. Of course that didn't end up happening, but the prospect of it did inject some energy into our booth. Some interesting bugs occurred with both the software that ran on your Mac and in the firmware that ran on the camera. For example, early prototypes of the camera could be bricked by shooting a picture with every pixel having a value of zero (totally black). Then there was the bug shortly before we shipped whereby using the software would eventually corrupt your boot volume. That was due to the software issuing a "close" command on a file twice, which caused corruption back in those days. One correction; the camera software was available from Apple for both the Mac and for Windows. That's actually how the corruption bug occurred; the programmer was writing in Windows and cross-compiling for Macintosh and wasn't a native Mac programmer. So he didn't realize that closing a file twice on the Mac could be so catastrophic; apparently it wasn't so dangerous a mistake in Windows. Great memories; thank you for posting this video!
"Too far ahead of its time and no one knew what to do with it"
Always the way with technology. I get the impression that VR is currently going through that phase.
i remember using this camera in highschool in 2004 in my multimedia class. we used it to learn how to use photoshop. a school of 4000 students in a rich suburb and one 10 year old digital camera to share between everybody. the schools millions in budget clearly went to the football team.
thejackofclubs wow someone at the decision making really had no idea of anything apparently. Would have been better to use 35mm Film With whatever lens(50mm f2:) ) and basic cheap Film and just learn photography
What great timing!! I was just in the mood!!
I feel that one of these days LGR will find a pot of gold for just a dollar at one his GoodWills
Mr Merhtin or he will find the magical leprechaun that will give him all the gold
It's amazing what you can find at thrift stores and auctions! In 2015, I found a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer in the original box and a Tandy 1000 PC compatible at an auction, both for $1.00!
I'm looking forward to the LGR video on the Amber Room.
I can remember these early digital cameras, especially from Casio, Canon and Apple. Amazing new technology that everyone was curious about, but no one could actually use for anything useful. no proper photo printers yet and pictures stuck on the computer and you couldn't share them. Unless you carried floppy disks around and hoped the other person has software to view the images ;) Everyone still preferred physical pictures. These days though....
Very detailed analysis. I love these deep dives into technology history. Thanks LGR!
Thanks for watching!
Oh hell yeah, I had one of these back in the day. Wasn't much, but not having to buy film was a revolution of the mind.
I like how you paint a picture of the context this was released in, instead of blasting it with today's knowledge in tech. Thanks!
Glad that is appreciated :)
That picture of the Samurai has to be my favorite. I LOVE those little things!
Even though I don't understand a lot of the techno stuff, I like to watch your videos because they are so relaxing.
The suzuki samurai looks cool, still looks cool
It was clean👌👌
I used one of these in high school, and then had access to a QuickTake 200 back when they were new; I still have most of the QuickTake 200 photos I took back in the day as I was starting college. Although the QuickTake 200 seemed to have better image quality and more consistent color reproduction than the 100, it had the same kind of banding artifacts your example pictures had. This video really took me back; great episode! Thanks!
i took a computer class in high school my sophomore year, this was in 1995. The class basically taught you how to make presentations and other multimedia things on computers. We had this exact camera in that class and I remember how foreign it was to all of us. We were blown away with how good the pictures looked and how they were ready instantly. I always remembered that camera for some reason, it stuck out in my mind as a pivotal piece of technology for me. To be honest I never saw another one ever again, but i remembered what it looked like all these years later. The second I found this video I knew this was the camera and it bought back some great memories of what is now 25 years ago....wow! Thanks for posting, great video
As I recall they used to say "if it runs out of memory you just have to buy more digital film." :)
Yes during the early transition they called memory card digital film.
I remember how when the original Samsung Notes came out, everyone had to call them "phablets" for some reason.
History repeats itself often, I bet we'll see repeats of this trend in the future.
@@CariHere Phablets were called that because they were sized between Smartphones and Tablets, people still occasionally use the term but not anywhere near as often as a few years ago.
I remember that when my parents first bought a DVD player i called DVDs "tapes", and i was around 12-13 years old back then
@@stigrabbid589 Well every smartphone in these days is phablet.
It looks like a mini projector. 😆
it looks like a set of sci fi binoculars
Great video, as well i like your personality. As soon as you started talking about using old cameras with certain cars or old electronics, i was like yep! I understand this guy. We had these cameras the apple quick take in high school. Man i still remember to this day, it was 1996 i was in grade 11 and the computer technology teacher asked if i wanted to play around with this and show him how it worked. I never thought 23 years later id be watching a video on a thing called youtube about how cool and nostalgic this camera was or that it was one of the first digital camera's. Awesome video.
Great vid Clint! I love watching your retrospectives on old cameras.
Maaan i love these primitive digital cameras that connected to computers! I remember salivating over them in catalogues but (thankfully) never being able to buy one
Gotta love these "Early digital camera" videos. This and the Epson PhotoPC video are my two favourites. Please do make more! :)
Really top notch production quality in this video! Love the rack focus in the closeups and the really excellent sound quality. The machine startup sounds are a fantastic addition to your latest videos as well. Awesome job!!
Thank you!
I just can't understand why someone would dislike this video.
An irrational hatred for a computer company.
I'm not an Apple fan, and I still like the video!
The video probably just wasn't interesting to those few people. But there could be dozens of reasons, really, considering how incredibly diverse human kind is and everyone has different tastes and opinions. Let's not limit the reasons to it necessarily being just hatred towards one company.
It could be people disliking it, to get it out of their feed? With 6T/69 like/dislike ratio, I think it would be a reasonable cause for the dislikes.
Some people are literally triggered when they see the Apple logo on something. It’s like “the hate for Apple stuff are going beyond stupid”.
Vendor Lock-in is Apples middle name.
Also those odd colours are because theres no IR-Cut filter infront of the CCD, But you could illuminate something in IR and get a B&W pic in the dark
For someone who doesn't know cameras, is that a problem with the device, or something the user was supposed to add on? Because I think if I was in the market for a camera, that much extra purple would be a dealbreaker no matter what year it was.
HebaruSan, I think it's a flaw - a big one. You could add such an IR filter yourself in front of the lens if it had proper threading, but it doesn't seem to.
@@jasondoe2596 Just use adhesive tape.
Jeff Kardos Jr. : Glass filters have threads, and come in very specific, standardized diameters. The bezel is thin enough that you couldn't use tape reliably. If the filter falls off, it may break - and they are expensive!
Gel-type filters exist, but are finicky and offer significantly worse image quality. Not that it would matter much...
Anyway, modern cameras integrate the IR filter in their sensor module, so the user doesn't have to worry about it.
Say Cheese! It looks like a spec ops rangefinder with night vision.
I love the idea of old new photos!
Clint, I love your videos. I enjoy finding this old tech and experimenting and exploring. Keep it up.
Thank you!
Mmmmn. Time for a Quickie with LGR.
hawt
those colors, is like a camera made for Ａｓｔｈｅｔｉｃｓ
khhnator I was thinking the same thing, vaporwave imaging camera.
Hey, khhnator, how do you get those double-wide characters?
fsymbols.com/generators/wide/
The 80s didn't look like that.
Dee Vaporwave is 90s.
These kinds of videos are my favorite ones on the channel! I love learning about old obsolete tech and you just do it so well! Plus your voice is so soothing it's aaaaalmost orgasmic ;)
Keep it up man!
You and the 8-bit Guy, two of my favorite channels. I just love seeing all of this old stuff.
@ 10:00: "but hey, instant beauty filter..." made my day :D
Making me so nostalgic for pre-OS X Macintosh. :'(
Hey Clint, I went to surgery two days ago and I'm now recovering at home. Your videos are relaxing and are helping me out a lot to go through this difficult period. Thanks man
Aw man, seeing old digital camera photos reminds me of being a kid.
The sedan and the computer especially. Reminds me of surfing the web for the first time.
Display icons are the only constant in the tech world.
I've always had a soft spot for older technology. As much as I like modern tech, I will always have nostalgia for older electronics. Having a camera like this back in the day was quiet revolutionary. Sure, it's a bit primitive by today's standards. However, I can't deny how cool it still is even in 2018.
I love all your videos, thanks for the work you do!
7:42 “new old pictures”, it’s brilliant! I love it, keep up the great work ✌️💙
9:58 Oh, I know that Pokémon! The glasses gives it away!!
Man, Goodwills in your area are so dope. I see interesting things that make me go "hmmm" but my only real awesome buy was the Model M I'm typing this on for $3. How often do you go thrifting? My closest thrift stores are all about 10 miles from my house all in their own different directions, which is slightly tedious.
This has the answers you're looking for
ua-cam.com/video/dSAkiNnHljI/v-deo.html
I think I've seen it, but isn't that how the internet works? I ask a question in a public forum to which I already know the answer or could easily find it. It's an in-the-moment emotional reaction. It's poetry, really. (disregard basically all these words)
But I'll watch that video again anyway and totally not because you told me to.
Also, great pictures you got there
I live in rural Bumfucknowhere Iowa and I never find cool shit aside from the one time I found a working PS4 controller for $1.50. If I found a model m keyboard or a full (working or not) vintage computer of any kind I think I'd faint.
I needed to convert some old VHS tapes to digital some years ago and needed a VCR, so I went to my local Goodwill and they had one UNOPEN in the box for only $7! It worked perfectly (and I've never needed it again...)
These looks at past technology shows how far we've come. Thank you!
I love the photos you took. That dated look is incredibly cool!
So I'm guessing you're covering Digi cams as well now? Not complaining, really like your vids.
I do when I find ones interesting enough to make a video about, at least ;)
As a photo geek as well as a retro tech geek, I hope you'll keep it up! :D
*sees lgr video* *clicks immediately*
Hey Clint, just want to tell you how much I appreciate you giving conversions on weight etc.
I love this camera style videos lgr, keep em comin
Oooh, fresh off the press.
I think this was my first digital camera. Batteries lasted about 10 seconds!
I'm so grateful that whenever you turn on one of your computers you let us listen to the start up sound ❤️
this channel is incredible!!! Keep up the great work Clint we're all pulling 4 u Bud!!!
Maybe the color issue might indicate it is missing an IR-blocking filter?
TiagoTiago
Yep - it definitely seems to have that IR "look" about it, like the colour of the brick buildings etc.
Could be the CCD as well, but it looks like they didn't bother adding an IR filter at all.
A quick test is to point an IR remote at it (or at the desk etc.) - if it looks fairly bright, like a mini LED torch (flashlight), then it would confirm the lack of filter.
A good telltale sign of a missing IR-blocking filter is if things appear to have significantly different colors when lit by a incandescent bulb (or sunlight) compared to when it is lit by fluorescent or LED lights.
Haha Apple making something with inbuilt non upgradable storage? Some things never change 😂
There were no memory card at the time, dumbass!
DB There were CD's and Floppy Disks, dumbass!
The quicktake 200 added a compact flash card slot. In 1994 there was no commercially available memory card standard available for them to even consider including. Educate yourself.
thekenmatax, yeap, there was a series of Sony models in the '90s ("Digital Mavica") that had a floppy disk drive, which made the cameras rather large. Later the "CD Mavica" came out that used 8cm optical disks (2000 to 2003).
This Apple camera predates both of those model series. I'm sure they had the technology to use a floppy drive, but floppies really sucked, so staying with embedded Flash memory made sense IMO.
This was a rebranded Kodak. Apple leadership hardly resembled that of today.
Oh wow! So happy to see an actual video of one of these! This was my first digital camera and it changed my life. I haven't watched your vid JUST yet so if you say this sorry for the repeat, but I want to note that at the time this camera came out, it was actually SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT just to OPEN an image file on a computer. There wasn't built in photo viewers and quicklook and all that jazz; you had very bad paint programs with very limited file support. There was cheap, good shareware like GraphicConverter; IF you had a connection to the internet and 20 bucks. And there was stuff like photoshop, which cost hundreds of dollars.
This is cool! I used one of these to document my PhD experiment at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia in 1997. The Lab had one that we could borrow to take documentation photos. The next year our group bought a Sony Mavica that shot to floppies.
10:00 those eyes...those eyes say "I can see dead people"
Without phenomenal data storage and photo quality, users were better off just using film and then scanning pictures onto a computer in 1994. Who was the market for this device back then,
Consumer grade colour scanners were still pretty expensive at that point in time, and really didn't net you a whole heck of a lot better image quality. Plus you still had to deal with the expense of getting prints made and then scanning them, as they didn't really have the necessary resolution to support scanning negatives well yet.
These cameras weren't really aimed at professional photographers, but rather people in fields where fast conversion between taking a picture and getting it in a digital format was important. If you wanted higher quality digital photos as a pro-sumer, cheap ($3 per image) high-resolution scans could be had by sending negatives to be made into a Kodak PhotoCD. In professional photography circles it was still common to mail your negatives out to be scanned with high-end drum-scanning equipment.
when you switched that photo from the apple one to the Note 8 was staggering. It goes to show how much technology has changed over the years. Maybe in 20 years from now, that note 8 pics will look as archaic as the 90's apple camera does for us.
You have inspired me so much to create UA-cam videos. You’re the reason why I upload. Thanks man
everything that camera captures is automatically a e s t h e t i c
"The removal of limitations is the enemy of art"
Mathead dude, that's some deep shit.
Mathead very deep
It's a well made video...Why 16 Dislikes?
If I had to guess from the hateful comments that are getting held back: Apple product=dislike. Regardless of context.
Because *every* sufficiently-large channel will eventually attract haters. Clint's actually has a low percentage, because he loves what does and it shows through... but maybe I'm projecting here :D
P.S. loved the video!
Because 8 pictures ought to be enough for anybody
Rex Warden I have to agree on this, I'm not an Apple fanboy in any way, In fact, I despise modern day Apple! However, I do like their older stuff (pre i-pod era), and I do happen to have an old Apple IIe computer I find kinda neat. So, this is something I do find interesting, and this is a nice video.
Rex Warden you also forgot to say inervators apple are also inervators.
Love your channel. Keep it up!
Great work, LGR!
First digital camera I ever used had floppy disks for saving pictures, can't remember what camera it was
One of the Sony Mavica cameras, I'm working on an episode:
twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/964944615785844736
LGR OMG yes that is it
LGR, oh, I remember those! Looking forward to the episode!
Man where do you find this stuff
ua-cam.com/video/sMWg9hN4zN8/v-deo.html
he literally showed you in the video XD
Thrift stores, mostly. It's amazing what people will donate.
apparently he has godly Goodwills close to his area
I personally only find things that smell like piss in all my Goodwills
You always make things that could look ordinary, so interesting. Thank you.
Love your videos! Its a constant trip down memory lane. Great job
Thanks!
you should make more videos with macs in them
This is the third episode I've done this month featuring Mac stuff :)
8:02 Whoa, whos driving that sweet Samurai??
I wish I knew, just saw it parked!
Cabby Cabby My dad had one really similar to that one when I was a kid. Great machine! It died when he borrowed it to a friend of his and that guy fell off a cliff. Dude walked out mostly unscathed, but the Samurai was absolutely destroyed.
Amy Capen well, my dad had it equipped with protective bars, so I guess that helped a lot. I don't have a picture of the Samurai after the accident but I distinctly remember seeing it in the same spot it fell for quite a while because it was too difficult to get it out of there.
Cabby Cabby
LJ is the real deal mate!
Awesome review !
Extremely well made video! keep up the great work!
The Epson camera you reviewed recently had really great pictures compared to this one.
The difference another year or so in mid-90s tech progress makes!
10:00 that's some creepypasta material right there
The camera that steals your face instead of your soul.
*odd expression* I...uhh.... I think I'm going to go watch a movie about a sci-fi magick camera now.. (Time Lapse, 2014).
Move over, Jeff the Killer! Clint the Destroyer is the new spookghetti in town!
Loved that little photography segment, how cool :)
Keep up the old camera reviews, love them!
Ah the QuickTake it (as well as the Newton and every other deadend Apple product of the 90's) had a great commercial in the 90's in the form of the X-Files FMV game that thing was essentially a one big Apple product placement heck it even required QuickTime 3.0 to run and it used the Sorenson Video Codec which made it run like complete garbage on PCs even if you had a PII 400mhz it would still stutter like a lobotomized trash panda on prom night.
Ironically by the time that the game released most of these products were already killed or having their march of shame towards the plank, I remember how Apple boasted that the game was produced on their top of the line Power Macintoshes at the time saying that this proves that Hollywood is ready to go full Mac and fully take on the likes of SGI and Quantel.
it looks more like a projector than a camera
Your videos are so nice and relaxing, it's fun to watch in the morning while I eat breakfast.
I still remember these Apple QuickTake cameras. Back in High School, they had one of these in the computer department and I used it to take a few photos (none of which I have anymore) including possibly some reference shots for some Sim City 2000 custom buildings I was thinking of making.
11:25 "It was expensive and low on features" yep, you know it's an Apple product.
Also 11:34, Apple Fans be like
Love that sexy Taurus 7:55
That picture comparison is great, shows how much technology has advanced.
I did not expect a photography video on this channel, nice!
expensive-
almost (not counting for inflation) the same as the iPhone 8
and (counting for inflation) more than the iPhone X - jeez.
so true.
Wild that back when this camera came out it was the _cheapest_ option within its specifications. 90s Apple was weird.
oh my gosh- *really!?* that's really strange
also- hi!
Wow an Apple product from back before they designed everything to break within a year
Which they never have and never will
this channel makes me relax
We had one of these at my high school, back in the late 90s. I don't remember seeing any student projects that specifically involved the camera, but our computer department had a big focus on multimedia, with 2 full computer rooms of mid-range macs, and a few high-end G3 workstations. This was unheard of in the Australian public school system, and I think it's primarily responsible for many of the creative careers of my peers.