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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Tell me: what was System 1.0 like?
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Date: 10 May 91 04:57:57 GMT
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hlsw_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Dave Hollinsworth) writes:

>With 7-Day rapidly approaching, let's get nostalgic, shall we?

>I've only had a Mac for 2 years, so I'll let the oldtimers answer the
>question:  What was the original Mac system (1.0) like?  (Note:  if 1.0
>wasn't stable, then what was the first stable system after 1.0 like?)

  Actually, the first system to come out (with the 128K) was System 
0.97, and it seemed to be moderately stable.  There of course was nothing
like MultiFinder, Font/DA Mover didn't even exist (i.e. you
couldn't install or remove fonts), and it used to take about 30 disk
swaps to copy a disk.
  The System File was a whole 50K or so.
  Other than that I don't remember much.

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