Scott Knaster, aside from being an aspiring actor, professional Mad Magazine collector, and wonderfully entertaining writer, was actually once an Apple employee, back when the Mac was being born (1983-1990).

So when the folks behind the new Steve Jobs movie wanted a reality check on the portrayal of Apple’s early days, they came to Scott.

From his blog:

Last January the Steve Jobs movie came to town and called me up.

I was leaving work one day when I got a phone call from a guy named Todd Marks. He said he was on the crew of a new movie about Steve Jobs. He said they’re filming a scene that’s the public intro of the Mac in 1984. They heard I was there at the original event, and they wanted to talk to me about what was going on that day. Cool! I said sure, I’d come by.

Read on. Interesting to see this side of the movie business, especially where it concerns this movie.