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Information about the Computer Used for the Creation of Bill Bly's We Descend

In 1993 Bill Bly began work on his masterpiece, We Descend. He used an Apple SE to produce the work, a computer, by then, already six years old. The Apple SE, however, was built to last––it was the first Mac to come with a cooling fan. It was also the first compact Apple computer to offer a hard drive. Robust for the time, it had 20 MB or 40 MB of RAM and ran operating systems from 3.3 to 7.5.5. This machine was not cheap, however. The cost of a brand new Apple SE was $2900 for the dual floppy version and $3900 for the 20 MB hard drive. It was discontinued in 1990. Notable software that ran on the Apple SE included HyperCard, ClarisWorks, MicroSoft Word, Tetris, and, of course, Storyspace.  

Later he moved to a more contemporary Macintosh running System 9.0. But the early planning and development began on this older computer running a much earlier platform.

To experience We Descend, Volume One, today, readers need a computer that reads high density disks.  Thus, a Macintosh Plus or higher is recommended.

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