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From: daw@cbnewsh.att.com (David Wolverton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The programming CULT
Summary: another alum's recollections
Message-ID: <1990Aug9.181707.15258@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 9 Aug 90 18:17:07 GMT
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In article <11170@claris.com>, brendan@claris.com (Brendan McCarthy) writes:
> In article <23506@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, anarch@eleazar.dartmouth.edu 
> (The Anarch) writes: 
> Well, since we've been mentioned...  For several years at U.C. Irvine, there
> was a unique project course directed by Professor Thomas Standish.  The goal 
> was to develop accessible, engaging educational software.  In the summer of
> '86, the Mac was the chosen machine, and about 20 students enrolled.  Some of 
> us had been programming the Mac alone, some had never touched one before; but 
> we all picked topics of interest, formed project teams, shared knowledge, 
> acquired hardware, and developed a culture.
<list of good courseware deleted>

Well, gee, I remember in the Spring of _'84_ when I was a senior in
his special projects class.  Dr. Standish had just purchased a Mac 128
and imagewriter with his own (not the universities') money and was
really "hot to trot" to develop courseware with it.  I'm glad to hear
That his idea "flew" and you guys were able to do some neat projects
with Macs at UCI.

Dave Wolverton ('84)
daw@attunix.att.com