Apple Software Dispatch The Mac App Store from 1993!
Software Dispatch was a disk-based app store that was distributed with CD-ROM-equiped Macintosh Performa models in the mid 1990s.
The CD-ROM contained 70 "great applications" that can be unlocked with a code that could be purchased through a toll-free telephone call or a faxed order form.[1]]
Development[]
Apple Computer Software Dispatch
Introductory video from the disk
Software Dispatch was developed by the Software Solution unit of AppleSoft,[2] a division that had been formed at Apple Computer under Michael Spindler in 1993.[3] Participating developers in the program included:[2]
- Adobe
- Apple Computer
- Central Point Software
- Claris
- Computer Associates
- Electronic Arts
- Farallon
- Lotus
- Symantec
A Windows version of the CD-ROM was also developed.[2][4]
References[]
- ↑ Revisiting Software Dispatch, 1994's Mac App Store on CD-ROM by Christopher Phin, Macworld. 2016-02-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Apple branches out to fight Microsoft on Intel by Tom Quinlan and Jim Hammett, InfoWorld. 1993-10-11.
- ↑ Apple shuffle raises some enterprise mart concerns by Frederic Paul, Network World p.18-22. 1993-07-26.
- ↑ The strangest business meeting of my career by Rob Griffiths, Robservatory. 2014-05-12.
External links[]
- Apple Software Dispatch from 1994 by Dr. Webster at Applefritter (2018-06-13)
- Revisiting Software Dispatch, 1994's Mac App Store on CD-ROM by Christopher Phin at Macworld (2016-02-09)
- Apple’s Software Dispatch (and similar pre-App Store distribution CDs) at Retro Computing (2019-10-12)