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From: maxsmith@athena.mit.edu (Samuel M Druker)
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Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
Summary: Office metaphor origins
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
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Date: 22 Dec 88 16:20:54 GMT
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Believe it or not, Commodore used to have a cartridge for their 64K machine
that worked along that exact idea.  It had an office with a phone, trash can,
filing cabinet, typewriter, clock, calculator, etc.   My dad (expert in 
computer illiteracy) loved it.


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