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Hardware Codenames Printers ImageWriter / StyleWriter ImageWriter II: Express StyleWriter: Franklin, Mighty Mouse, Salsa, Tabasco StyleWriter II: Speedracer Color StyleWriter: Logo Color StyleWriter 2200: Calamari Color StyleWriter 2400: Aurora Color StyleWriter Pro: Fantasia, Logo Color StyleWriter 4100: Cabo Color StyleWriter 4500: Baja LaserWriter LaserWriter: LightWriter LaserWriter LS: Nike LaserWriter NT: Twist LaserWriter SC: Shout LaserWriter IIf: Kirin Dry (a Japanese beer) LaserWriter IIg: Kirin (another beer) LaserWriter IINT: Leia LaserWriter IINTX: Darth Vader LaserWriter IISC: Solo LaserWriter Pro 600: Tollhouse LaserWriter Select 300: Ninja LaserWriter Select 360: Viper LaserWriter 12/640 PS: Mongoose Personal LaserWriter 300: Comet Personal LaserWriter 320: Photon Personal LaserWriter LS: Nike Personal LaserWriter NT: Twist Personal LaserWriter SC: Shout Personal LaserWriter: Capriccio Monitors Apple Monitors Macintosh 12" RGB Display: Mai Tai Apple Color Plus 14" Display: Dragon Apple AudioVision 14" Display: Telecaster Macintosh 16" Color Display: Goldfish Apple Studio Display: Manta AppleVision 1710 Display: Hammerhead AppleVision 1710AV Display: Sousa Macintosh 21" Color Display: Vesuvio (maybe related to the volcano that buried Pompeii in A.D. 79) Macintosh 21" Monochrome Display: Fred, Kong (its colossal size is reminiscent of King Kong) Other Monitors Radius Color LCD: Ptolemy RasterOps ColorBoard264: Cheapskate SuperMac PDQ: Snap SuperMac Thunder/24: Pop (from Rice Krispies, Milk never saw the light of day) SuperMac Thunder/8: Crackle (also from Rice Krispies) Radius flat-panel pivoting color LCD: Ptolemy Keyboards/Mice Apple Standard Keyboard: Eastwood Apple Keyboard II: Elmer, Dvrfer Apple Adjustable Keyboard: Norsi Apple Extended Keyboard: Dörfer (Ed Colby's nickname), Saratoga (named after the aircraft carrier because of size; prototypes had small model carriers decorated on them) MacPlus Keyboard: Nimitz (another aircraft carrier) Apple Extended Keyboard II: Elmer Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II: Topogigo (Europe & Latin America's equivalent to Mickey Mouse) Scanners / Digital Cameras OneScanner: Half-Dome (a famous cliff in Yosemite, assumably the first picture they scanned), Ping-Pong OneScanner 600/27: Rio Onescanner 1200/30: New Orleans OneScanner for Windows: WinDome QuickTake 100: Venus Drives Apple Apple 871 Floppy Drive: Twiggy (used in the Lisa 1) Apple Hard Disk 400SC: A Ts'ah (Japanese for eagle), Eagle Apple PowerCD: Tulip AppleCD 600: Hollywood AppleCD 800: Stingray Other (removables) Iomega JAZ drive: Viper SyQuest EZ135: RoadRunner Motherboard / Case Designs iMac: Columbus (will reportedly use similar motherboard as Apple Media Player) PowerMac G3: Gossamer PowerMac G3 Pro: Gossamer II, Yosemite PowerMac G3 Pro case: El Capitan (the ultimate climbers challenge at Yosemite) PowerMac 5400/6400: Alchemy, Gazelle (enhanced model) PowerMac 8500/9500: Tsunami PowerMac 8600/9600: Kansas PowerMac 8600/9600 case: K2 (like the 2nd highest mountain on earth) Motorola StarMax systems: Tanzania PowerBook / PB Duo / Newton Harware PowerBook 100 Conner Peripherals HD: Elwood (as in the Blues brother, 40MB configuration), Jake (The other Blues Brother, 20MB configuration) PowerBook 100 internal modem: O'Shanter & Bess PB Duo Dock II: Atlantis PB Duo MiniDock: Spaniard PB Duo Floppy Adapter: Blackwatch PB Trackpad: Midas (after the mythological king that turned everything he touched into gold) Newton MessagePad 110 Charging Station: Crib Internet/Networking AppleTalk Internet Router: North (for Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North who routed Iranian arms sale to the Nicaraguan Contras) ISDN NuBus Card: CarCraft Apple Freedom Network: Frogger PCI - PDS - Nubus - Other iMac I/O Controller: Paddington PowerPC Upgrade Card: STP (after the automobile fuel additive) PowerPC Upgrade for PB 5x0: Malcom Power Mac AV Card: Planaria PowerBook 3400c PCI bus technology: PowerStar Quicktime 3D Accelerator Card: White Magic PC Compatibility Card /w Intel 486: Gaucho PC Compatibility Card /w Pentium: Grand Illusion Apple PC Drive Card: Emerald City PCI MPEG-1 Video Card: San Francisco IIe LC PDS card: Double Exposure Quadra 610 DOS PDS card: Houdini (maybe because it took Houdini to make DOS-compatible Macs), Royal Scam IIgs Video Overlay Card: Gumby, Pokey Mac II Hi-Res Monochrome Card: Bob the Card Mac II 21" Monochrome Card: Barney AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor Video Card: Toby Mac IIci Cache Card: American Express, Optima (tacky joke, both are "cash cards") LocalTalk serial card: Livonia IIe LC PDS card: Double Exposure IIgs Video Overlay Card: Gumby, Pokey Other Apple Hardware AppleDesign Powered Speakers: Badger AppleDesign Powered Speakers II: Baby Badger 1MB Apple Inline Cache: Sam-I-Am AISS: Making Waves Apple IIgs Video Cards: Gumby, Pokey (one became Video Overlay Card) Mac 128k ROMs: L-H -- which got nicknames like "Lonely Hears". 32 Bit CPU ROMs (MacII, IIx, SE): A-B-C-D -- "Ala Baster Can Delabra" Created: 08/03/98 Updated: 11/09/02 Top of page Top of Section Home