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15: The Orchard

December 2, 2017 MC
Illustration by Jia-Yi Liu.

Illustration by Jia-Yi Liu.

Back in May of 2015, I drove up to a sleepy town in the middle of Maine to visit an apple orchard — Alex's Apple Orchard, one of the most impressive collections of Apple computers I'd ever heard of. This is the story of this museum, and of Alex, the guy who brought it all together.

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Photos of Alex's Museum in 2015:

 iMac display. Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

iMac display. Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Prototypes, including "The Green Machine." Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Prototypes, including "The Green Machine." Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

 iMac display. Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Prototypes, including "The Green Machine." Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Photo by Alex Jason, 2015.   Photo by Alex Jason, 2015. 

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Music in this episode is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme music is by Terique Greenfield. Editing by Rob McGinley Myers.

 

🚨 SPOILERS BELOW 🚨

  • Alex in the New York Times (after I visited The Orchard)

  • Alex selling his collection

  • Lonnie Mimms' Computer Museum of America

 

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