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From: brad@aero.org (Bradley A. West)
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Subject: Re: Tell me: what was System 1.0 like?
Message-ID: <1991May10.202325.14722@aero.org>
Date: 10 May 91 20:23:25 GMT
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In article <1991May10.181350.28836@zip.eecs.umich.edu> warack@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Christopher Warack) writes:
>I got mine in Nov 84.
>
>Remember that the finder didn't do much...  Others pointed out that folders
>were a hack.  Also, no shut down.  I seem to remember articles in the
>Mac mags about how to turn off your Mac without screwing up :-).  I think
>the two most common problems were 1) disks corrupted by turning off your
>Mac in the middle of an access; and 2) disks corrupted by having your
>external disk drive too near your power supply.
>
>The most popular game was Lode Runner?  Of course, Amazing and the Puzzle
>DA came with it...
My best friend coerced his dad into getting him one for school at the
beginning of the '84 school year.  The MacPaint, MacWrite, &
ImageWriter combo blew away anything created on a PC; and when our
school bought a LaserWriter... forget it!
However, whenever the power went out (not too often) usually whatever
disk was in the machine was trashed.
Wizardry was my favourite game and I spent many a weekend playing
while he slept. 
Lode Runner was also very popular.  As a matter of fact, he got out
his old 400K disks and booted Lode Runner on his "new" SE a month ago
and saw our high scores from '85!  Way cool.

Brad

Brad West                 "They say the secret of success is being
brad@aerospace.aero.org   at the right place at the right time.
bwest@nunki.usc.edu       But since you never know when the right
                          TIME is going to be, I figure the trick
                          is to find the right PLACE and just hang
                          around!"  -  Calvin