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Uthenga umodzi wa Macintosh, kulumpha kwakukulu kwaukadaulo. M'chilimwe cha 1991, imelo yoyamba yochokera kumlengalenga idatumizidwa kuchokera ku Macintosh Portable mothandizidwa ndi pulogalamu ya AppleLink. Uthenga wotumizidwa ndi ogwira ntchito mumlengalenga wa Atlantis unali ndi moni wopita ku Earth kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku STS-43. "Iyi ndi AppleLink yoyamba kuchokera mumlengalenga. Tikusangalala pano, ndikukhumba mutakhala pano," inatero imelo, yomwe inatha ndi mawu akuti "Hasta la vista, mwana ... tibwerera!".

Cholinga chachikulu cha mission ya STS-43 chinali kuyika dongosolo lachinayi la TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) mumlengalenga, lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito potsata, kutumiza mauthenga ndi zina. Mwa zina, Macintosh Portable yomwe tatchulayi inalinso m'sitima yapamlengalenga ya Atlantis. Icho chinali chipangizo choyamba cha "m'manja" chochokera ku msonkhano wa Apple ndipo chinawona kuwala kwa tsiku mu 1989. Chifukwa cha ntchito yake mumlengalenga, Macintosh Portable inangofunika kusintha pang'ono.

Panthawi yothawa, oyendetsa sitimayo anayesa kuyesa zigawo zosiyanasiyana za Macintosh Portable, kuphatikizapo trackball yomwe inamangidwa ndi mbewa yopanda Apple. AppleLink inali ntchito yapaintaneti yoyambirira yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito kulumikiza ogawa a Apple. Mumlengalenga, AppleLink imayenera kupereka kulumikizana ndi Earth. "Malo" a Macintosh Portable adayendetsanso mapulogalamu omwe amalola oyendetsa galimoto kuti azitha kuyang'anira momwe alili panopa mu nthawi yeniyeni, yerekezerani ndi mapu a Dziko Lapansi omwe akuwonetsa kuzungulira kwa usana ndi usiku, ndikulowetsani zambiri. Macintosh omwe anali m'bwalo la shuttle adagwiranso ntchito ngati wotchi ya alamu, kudziwitsa ogwira ntchito kuti kuyesera kwinakwake kwatsala pang'ono kuchitika.

Koma Macintosh Portable sichinali chipangizo chokha cha Apple choyang'ana mumlengalenga mumlengalenga. Ogwira ntchitoyo anali ndi wotchi yapadera ya WristMac - inali mtundu wotsogola wa Apple Watch, wokhoza kusamutsa deta ku Mac pogwiritsa ntchito doko lachinsinsi.

Apple idakhalabe yolumikizidwa ndi chilengedwe kwa zaka zambiri imelo yoyamba itatumizidwa. Zogulitsa za kampani ya Cupertino zakhalapo pamaulendo angapo a NASA. Mwachitsanzo, iPod idalowa mumlengalenga, ndipo posachedwa tidawonanso seti ya DJ ikuseweredwa iPad mu danga.

Chifaniziro cha iPod mu mlengalenga chinapanganso kukhala bukhu "Designed in California". Koma zinali zongochitika mwangozi. Chithunzi cha NASA cha iPod pa dashboard chidapezeka kale ndi wopanga wamkulu wa Apple Jony Ive.

NASA Macintosh mumlengalenga STS 43 ogwira ntchito
Crew of Space Shuttle STS 43 (Source: NASA)

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