Here's a video of the first "public" intro of the Mac at the Boston Computer Society on January 30th, 1984. The video reprises the well known intro at the Apple stockholders meeting on January 24th, and includes a terrific demo session and Q-A panel with key Mac team members, like Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld. It also captures the vibe of the tech community at the time. My own intro to the Mac was at the Rhode Island School of Design, as a student, when I helped install a small network of the first Macs for the Graphics Department - in a tiny Lab that was setup on the corner of Angell and Benefit, in a little building that used to hold the Housing Office. When I graduated in 1986, I went to work in Boston as an architect (in an office that had Macs), but joined the BCS and soon became an "Activist", teaching other members how to use the Mac, Microsoft Word, and other programs; and a "Sysop", helping to administer and run its bulletin board system (BBS).
