This is an archive.org archive of a late 1983 interview with the original Mac design team. The interview appeared in the February 1984 issue of Byte Magazine.

On October 14, 1983, the design team for Apple Computer Inc.’s new Macintosh computer met with BYTE Managing Editor Phil Lemmons at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters. In the dialogue that followed, Bill Atkinson, Steve Jobs, Andy Hertzfeld, Larry Kenyon, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, Dave Egner, Chris Espinosa, Steve Capps, Jerry Manock, Bruce Horn, and George Crowe discussed the evolution of their brainchild.

Fascinating interview, especially given that it occurred more than 3 months before the Mac’s official release and that much of the code was still being written. October 1983 marked the press announcement of the Macintosh, the famous Superbowl commercial was released on January 22nd, 1984, and the official release was January 24th, 1984. [Via iheartapple2.com]