Hi everyone,
My name is Adam, and this is my first time posting here.
I’m a former Apple employee and longtime Apple enthusiast who has spent the last two decades creative directing presentations for companies like Apple, Google, Hershey, Mondelez, Salesforce, and more.
To celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary, I wanted to combine several of my interests: Apple, retro computing, software development, and presentation design. So I created a satirical presentation design program for compact Macs, specifically targeting the Macintosh 512K, called Cytrus Slides.
I know this is a hilariously impractical thing to build for a 40+ year-old platform. And of course, back in that era, even the earliest presentation software was really built around printing to transparencies. But that is part of what makes this fun for me. I wanted to make something playful, strange, and functional enough to actually run on original hardware.
A few of the features so far include Slide Navigator, Object Lists, Light Table View, Charts, Tables, Shapes, Transitions, Masters, PICT importing, and more.
At the moment, I’m looking for a few people who might be willing to help beta test Cytrus Slides on real hardware. I currently have a 128K, and I’m picking up a Mac Plus later today, but I do not have a printer yet, so I have not been able to test output on actual hardware with a LaserWriter or similar setup.
If anyone here would be interested in trying it, testing it on a 512K or Plus, or sharing feedback on usability, performance, compatibility, or printing, I’d really appreciate it.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
My name is Adam, and this is my first time posting here.
I’m a former Apple employee and longtime Apple enthusiast who has spent the last two decades creative directing presentations for companies like Apple, Google, Hershey, Mondelez, Salesforce, and more.
To celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary, I wanted to combine several of my interests: Apple, retro computing, software development, and presentation design. So I created a satirical presentation design program for compact Macs, specifically targeting the Macintosh 512K, called Cytrus Slides.
I know this is a hilariously impractical thing to build for a 40+ year-old platform. And of course, back in that era, even the earliest presentation software was really built around printing to transparencies. But that is part of what makes this fun for me. I wanted to make something playful, strange, and functional enough to actually run on original hardware.
A few of the features so far include Slide Navigator, Object Lists, Light Table View, Charts, Tables, Shapes, Transitions, Masters, PICT importing, and more.
At the moment, I’m looking for a few people who might be willing to help beta test Cytrus Slides on real hardware. I currently have a 128K, and I’m picking up a Mac Plus later today, but I do not have a printer yet, so I have not been able to test output on actual hardware with a LaserWriter or similar setup.
If anyone here would be interested in trying it, testing it on a 512K or Plus, or sharing feedback on usability, performance, compatibility, or printing, I’d really appreciate it.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
