Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!volcano.Berkeley.EDU!dankg From: dankg@volcano.Berkeley.EDU (Dan KoGai) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Macintosh OS Keywords: Macintosh, OS Message-ID: <1990Jun12.163321.676@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 12 Jun 90 16:33:21 GMT References: <1943@key.COM> <1990Jun7.212351.20426@calgary.uucp> <6570@scolex.sco.COM> <8767@odin.corp.sgi.com> <26765.26701754@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <4242@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <2922@demo.COM> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Reply-To: dankg@volcano.Berkeley.EDU (Dan KoGai) Organization: ucb Lines: 42 In article <2922@demo.COM> jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane) writes: >Certainly the Macintosh's user interface is a step forward (never mind Apple >took it from Xerox). But the OS is a giant leap into the 50s. Everything we >know about interrupts and scheduling is thrown out the window. Remember what >RSTS stands for: resource sharing, time sharing. If Apple named the Macintosh >OS that way it'd be RSRS. My question is, why do PC companies feel compelled >to give us such crappy operating systems? Nah, Mac OS is RSED, resource sharing, event driven. And event driven OS is rather newer concept. RSTS was created under such environment that computer is an expensive gadget and must be shared. Macintosh, on the other hand is a child of personal computer: 100% CPU time is yours (or your sessions, to be more exact). You are comparing Apple to Orange. >You know, it's too bad you can't hit control-T to see what your Macintosh is >trying to do; of course one reason is that the stupid thing doesn't have a >control key. Now that's something that makes the user feel in control, even >if it doesn't actually do anything. While you understand computer, you don't understand Macintosh. Control-T? What a joke. Mac already has Command-Q to quit and most applications use Command-. to halt command. It has control key today (at least my SE + Extended keyboard does) but only for telecom software and Quickey. Control Key is a no-no concept for Macintosh: That makes programmer's works hard because you have to program a bullet-proof software. But it obviously benefitted users. The best thing Macintosh did was telling us computers are for users, not for programmer who program for programmer's sake. And if you have Programmer's key INIT, you can easily interrupt with ADB keyboard. And if you have TMON, you can use degubber with window. Now tell me why does Macintosh need Control-T|C (But I personally think Control- Z for UNIX is nifty). ---------------- ____ __ __ + Dan The Mac Bigot ||__||__| + E-mail: dankg@ocf.berkeley.edu ____| ______ + Voice: +1 415-549-6111 | |__|__| + USnail: 1730 Laloma Berkeley, CA 94709 U.S.A |___ |__|__| + |____|____ + "What's the biggest U.S. export to Japan?" \_| | + "Bullshit. It makes the best fertilizer for their rice"