Amaya Toman Saƙo ɗaya ga Macintosh, babban tsalle don fasaha. A lokacin rani na 1991, an aika imel na farko daga sararin samaniya daga Macintosh Portable tare da taimakon software na AppleLink. Sakon da ma'aikatan jirgin na Atlantis suka aika ya kunshi gaisuwar gaisar da duniya daga ma'aikatan jirgin STS-43. “Wannan shine farkon AppleLink daga sararin samaniya. Muna jin daɗinsa a nan, da fatan kun kasance a nan, "in ji imel ɗin, wanda ya ƙare da kalmomin "Hasta la vista, baby ... za mu dawo!".
Babban manufar STS-43 shine sanya tsarin TDRS na huɗu (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) a sararin samaniya, ana amfani da shi don sa ido, sadarwa da sauran dalilai. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, Macintosh Portable da aka ambata shima yana cikin jirgin saman Atlantis. Ita ce na'urar "wayar hannu" ta farko daga taron bitar Apple kuma ta ga hasken rana a 1989. Don aiki a sararin samaniya, Macintosh Portable yana buƙatar gyare-gyare kaɗan kawai.
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A lokacin jirgin, ma'aikatan jirgin sun yi ƙoƙarin gwada sassa daban-daban na Macintosh Portable, gami da ginanniyar ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa da kuma linzamin kwamfuta na gani wanda ba na Apple ba. AppleLink shine farkon sabis na kan layi wanda aka fara amfani dashi don haɗa masu rarraba Apple. A cikin sarari, AppleLink ya kamata ya samar da haɗi tare da Duniya. "Sararin sarari" Macintosh Portable kuma yana gudanar da software wanda ya ba ma'aikatan jirgin damar bin diddigin halin da suke ciki a ainihin lokacin, kwatanta shi da taswirar Duniya da ke nuna zagayowar rana da dare, da shigar da bayanan da suka dace. Macintosh da ke cikin jirgin ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin agogon ƙararrawa, yana sanar da ma'aikatan cewa ana shirin yin wani gwaji na musamman.
Amma Macintosh Portable ba ita ce kawai na'urar Apple don duba sararin samaniya a cikin jirgin ba. Ma'aikatan jirgin an sanye su da agogon WristMac na musamman - wani nau'in magabacin Apple Watch ne, wanda ke da ikon canja wurin bayanai zuwa Mac ta amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa.
Apple ya kasance yana da alaƙa da sararin samaniya shekaru da yawa bayan aika imel na farko. Kayayyakin kamfanin Cupertino sun kasance a kan adadin ayyukan sararin samaniya na NASA. Misali, iPod ya shiga sararin samaniya, kuma kwanan nan mun ga an kunna saitin DJ iPad a sararin samaniya.
Hoton iPod a sararin samaniya ya sanya shi cikin littafin "An tsara shi a California". Amma ya kasance fiye ko žasa da daidaituwa. Wani hoton NASA na iPod a kan dashboard ya taɓa gano wani tsohon babban mai tsara Apple Jony Ive.
Source: Cult of Mac
