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From: jnsims01@ulkyvx.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Tell me: what was System 1.0 like?
Message-ID: <1991May21.103452.344@ulkyvx.bitnet>
Date: 21 May 91 14:34:52 GMT
References: <13942@ur-cc.UUCP> <1991May10.045757.25862@neon.Stanford.EDU> <75204@brunix.UUCP>
Organization: University of Louisville
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In article <75204@brunix.UUCP>, man@cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) writes:
> The finder was version 1.1g, and had the mountain picture in its about box
> that I hear is making a comeback with System 7.

Nope. 1.1g was the first upgrade. (My 128K had a four digit serial number -
those were the days! 8-) )
>    4. You couldn't drag more than one disk icon to the trash at the same 
>       time.

Again, being able to drag *any* disk to the trashcan was an improvement over
the original mechanism which only allowed you to eject disks, but left the disk
cluttered with icons of disks that were no longer inserted.
 
>    6. The Mac came with MacPaint and MacWrite, which at the time were truly 
> avant garde applications and the envy of all my friends.

True, oh King! How many folks do you suppose sat down in front of MacPaint and
didn't get up for four hours? I vividly remember a customer of mine coming by
the store to see the Mac for the first time: he sat down, fired up MacPaint,
sat there for an hour, then got up and said 'got to have one of those!', and
took one home ($2,495/no discounts - or was it $2,995?)! He stayed up all night
that first night...

 My wife AND my employer ignore my opinions - feel free to do the same!
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