You’re watching a piece of early GUI history: Bill Atkinson (Mac team; creator of the QuickDraw graphics system and the MacPaint app) showing how drawing tools worked on the original Macintosh, including an early on-screen eraser. Pulled from the full Macintosh introduction event at the Boston Computer Society, recorded on Jan. 30, 1984. | Computer History Museum

Believe it or not, this oversized Macintosh Plus is operable. Functional? Not exactly. Join us for a special tour with Exhibit Developer Kiera Peacock as she tests MacWrite, drafts important documents, and proves that when the mouse is oversized, creativity gets… abstract. #Appleat50 #Apple #Macintosh | Computer History Museum