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February 16, 2006, 03:37:38 PM

It was on this date in 1994 that Apple introduced the first digital camera that allowed users to download photos directly into their computers.

... I didn't realize this technology was that "new."

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Reply #1 – February 16, 2006, 03:45:00 PM

How many people had even heard of, let alone owned, a digital Camera 14 years ago? I remember the first time I saw a digicam, and that was 2001.

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Reply #2 – February 16, 2006, 03:47:25 PM

I can't recall, but it just blows my mind that the technology is that new.

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Reply #3 – February 16, 2006, 04:24:57 PM

Hmmm...one of those was on eBay last week. I think it was like <1 megapixel or something ridiculous. There was about a 7-year gap where I was withdrawn from computers and lost track of a lot of what Apple did, and this camera (and the first PDA, the Apple Newton) came out during that time. Wonder how long it took to download a photo to the computer...? Wonder how many times that process locked up the computer?! Fascinating...

Edit: Here's one on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-QuickTake-200-Digital-Camera-Kit-NICE-XD_W0QQitemZ7589684028QQcategoryZ1085QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Reply #4 – February 16, 2006, 04:36:44 PM

Had a really awful old digital camera around 1997-98, I think. Cost $200-300 just to get expansion cards that were in the 2-8 meg range. (think the 8 meg one never worked right) Was a little bit bigger than a brick, and almost as useful. Think I had to hold the camera still for like 10 seconds to get the picture.

BTW, 1994 isn't that "new" in computing. We're talking the age of the 486, on the PC side. (first Pentium may have just come out by then, in the range of a mind-blowing 60/66 MHz) Don't remember if the PPC 601 was even around yet.

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Reply #5 – February 16, 2006, 04:56:54 PM

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Edit: Here's one on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-QuickTake-...cmdZV iewItem

OMG.. i remember my high school bought that same camera for our graffic arts class in like 95 or 96.....

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Reply #6 – February 16, 2006, 07:13:36 PM

Wow! I remember those cameras too...

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Reply #7 – February 16, 2006, 08:38:38 PM

Our school started in the Digital Camera age with 1st Gen Sony Mavica Digital Cameras around 99. Remember the ones that used 3.5 in' "Floppy" disks.

We has 2 of them!

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Reply #8 – February 16, 2006, 09:07:28 PM

Lol my friend still uses his Mavica on a regular basis. His little bro's take all their myspace pics with it. It's a freaking riot.