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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple System 7.0
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Date: 10 May 89 17:54:51 GMT
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This is quoted from the May 10th, 1989 issue of the Wall Street Journal:

"Apple yesterday unveiled an ambitious plan to improve the operationg system
of its popular Macintosh personal computer. ... Apple didn't give any target
dates for shipping of the new software, called System 7.0 ... Apple promised
to ship software-development versions of the new operating system later this 
year, but stopped short of setting a date when shipment to customers will 
begin. ... The only hitch is that owners of older machines [mac+] will have
to double the standard memory to two megabytes, a modification that currently 
would cost $400. ... System 7.0 will allow computer users to easily plug
Macintosh computers into printers and plotters made by other companies [besides
Apple]. ... Many of the features of System 7.0 are direct response to widely
publicized features of OS/2 and Unix. For example, OS/2 .. allows different 
programs, such as a spreadsheet, database and communication program, to 
update one another with fresh information automatically [a very "interesting"
way of defining multitasking]. System 7.0 will also allow that".

Interesting. I have been using a system with such features, an Amiga,  since 
1985.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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