Members of the National Geographic Channel’s “Diggers” team have unearthed a time capsule that contained within it a mouse from an Apple Lisa computer, Steve Jobs’ first mainstream computer.
The capsule was buried in 1983 during the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado. It was originally set to be dug up in 2000, but when the landscape changed, the capsule was lost.
“When we buried the capsule in 1983 at the IDCA conference titled 'The Future Is Not What It Used to Be,' it was scheduled to be unearthed in twenty years. We had no idea it would be thirty before we would finally get around to digging it up,” said Harry Teague, part of the “Diggers’” team and a member of the group which first buried the capsule 30 years ago. “I'm sure it's loaded with things of cultural and historic import, but the mouse from one of his new Apple Lisa computers that Steve Jobs threw in at the last minute has to be one of the more iconic items.”
The capsule was located using the area’s original survey and some math. It was then excavated with the help of an archaeologist.
Along with the mouse, there were some other 80s-based relics, including an eight-track of the Moody Blues, a Rubik’s Cube, and a Sears, Roebuck & Company catalogue.
Some of the more timeless items discovered: a copy of Vogue magazine and a six-pack of beer.
“Diggers” follows Tim Saylor and George Wyant around as they scour the American countryside for lost heirlooms, Civil War trinkets, and other left-behind pieces of the country’s history.
The episode about this time capsule in particular will air in early 2014.
Story via livescience.com
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