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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
Message-ID: <5573@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 16:40:25 GMT
References: <4362@pitt.UUCP> <257@gloom.UUCP> <1077@naucse.UUCP> <8551@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8551@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> maxsmith@athena.mit.edu (Samuel M Druker) writes:
>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.

It was called "The Magic Desk".  And don't forget that all important
door in the office...the gateway to the rest of the building.
(Or would have been, if the program had been a huge success :-)  )
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andy finkel		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

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