I'd kinda like to know what language the whackaloon on the raft-with-a-tent was representing. 

> On 2022-12-19, at 11:34 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg <vanessa at codefrau.net> wrote:
> 
> The island first appeared on the cover of Byte's "Pascal" issue:
> https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1978-08
> 
> It was also done by Robert Tinney:
> <tumblr_okpzdpIaRN1sndzdgo1_1280.jpg>
> 
> The "About the Cover" article describes it in more detail:
> 
> <image.png>
> 
> because in 1978, Smalltalk had still been hidden behind XEROX PARC's doors.
> 
> So for the issue that announced Smalltalk to the world, they wanted to depict leaving that island
> https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08
> 
> <image.png>
> 
> The balloon came from one of Dan's favorite books, Jules Verne's "L'Île mystérieuse" (The Mysterious Island), which is about an engineer saving people stranded on an isolated island with his ingenuity, and a hot air balloon. Well worth a read, and a familiar character makes an appearance (I won't spoil it for those who have not read it – unlike the Wikipedia article).
> 
> Vanessa
> 
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 10:50 AM Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net> wrote:
> We are all familiar with this image, but.. what does it actually means? 
> Why the balloon, why the castle on the tiny island?
> 
> Stef
> 
> 


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