Michal Marek ne adam wata Ken Landau ya gamsu cewa gabaɗaya tsaftacewar bazara ba koyaushe ya zama mai ban sha'awa da rashin rai ba. Yayin da yake tsaftace ɗaki, ya sami ɗan tarihin kwamfuta da babban rarity - Colby Walkmac, Macintosh na farko mai ƙarfin baturi kuma a lokaci guda Mac mai ɗaukar hoto na farko tare da nunin LCD.
Ba mutane da yawa sun sani game da wanzuwar na'urar Walkmac ba. Wannan wata kwamfuta ce da ba injiniyoyin kamfanin Apple suka gina ba, sai ta hannun wani mai sha’awar kwamfuta Chuck Colby, wanda ya kafa Colby Systems a shekarar 1982. Walkmac na'urar da Apple ta amince da ita da aka gina ta amfani da uwa-uba Mac SE. Ya riga ya kasance a kasuwa a cikin 1987, watau shekaru 2 kafin Apple ya gabatar da Macintosh Portable akan farashin dala 7300. Daga baya nau'ikan kwamfutocin Colby an riga an sanye su da motherboard SE-30 kuma suna da haɗe-haɗen madanni.
Ta yaya Ken Landau ya sami irin wannan yanki da ba kasafai ba? Ya yi aiki ga Apple tsakanin 1986 da 1992, kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinsa da alhakinsa, an aika masa da kwafin Colby Walkmac kai tsaye daga Colby Systems.
Chuck Colby ne ya kafa shi, kamfanin ya sayar da dubunnan kwamfutocinsa masu aiki a tsakanin 1987 zuwa 1991. Kafin Apple ya sanar da Portable, ya umurci duk wanda ke sha'awar Mac mai ɗaukar hoto kai tsaye zuwa Chuck Colby. Har ila yau, Colby Walkmac ya samu nasara bayan kaddamar da Macintosh Portable, saboda yana da na'ura mai sauri na Motorola 68030, a lokacin, Apple kawai ya sanya kwamfutarsa mai ɗaukar hoto tare da mai sarrafawa a 16 MHz kuma mai lamba 68HC000. Koyaya, ba da daɗewa ba Colby Systems ya faɗi tare da Sony, wanda ya ɗauki sunan Walkmac yayi kama da Walkman. An tilasta wa Colby ya sake sunan na'urarsa Colby SE30 kuma bai taɓa bin nasarar cinikin da ya gabata ba.
Anan ga sigogin Walkmac da aka samo:
- Saukewa: CPD-1
- Shekarar samarwa: 1987
- Tsarin aiki: Tsarin 6.0.3
- Mai sarrafawa: Motorola 68030 @ 16Mhz
- Ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya: 1MB
- Nauyin nauyi: 5,9kg
- Farashin: kusan $6 (kusan $000 an daidaita don hauhawar farashin kaya)
A yau, Ken Landau shine Shugaba na Mobileage, mai haɓaka app na iOS. Walkmac din da ya samu a soron gidan an ce ya bata wasu sassa. Duk da haka, an ce yana yiwuwa a kunna shi.
