Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!dartvax!robertm From: robertm@dartvax.UUCP (Robert P. Munafo) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Another Mac Review Message-ID: <682@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 22:22:26 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.682 Posted: Mon Feb 6 22:22:26 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 03:33:21 EST References: <16134@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 38 x<--- This is for the bug in all of us A few things are wrong with what has been said recently about the Macintosh computer. All the things I'm saying here are from the February BYTE. [ Which I have received! (-: ] The serial ports can each handle 1 megabaud with an 'External clock'. Whether this means that one port has to be used to supply the clock signal, and the other for data I don't know. It might just be another communications standard (rs-422?) which allows a clock line separate from the data line. As Mike Caplinger said, there is a tiny hole near the right-hand end of the floppy-disk slot where you can stick a paper clip for immediate mechanical floppy eject. You can see this hole if you look at a picture of the Mac. Ejecting the disk while windows pertaining to it are still open can be dangerous (open files lost, probably.) The desk accessories include a calculator (+,-,x,/,and scientific notation), the scrapbook (for storing pictures and text to transfer between programs), the clock, the "control panel" (lots of system attributes), the notepad (like scrapbook - text only), and the puzzle. [ This is a square with 15 tiles in it numbered from '1' to '15' - you slide the tiles around to reach a special pattern - I'm sure you've seen this puzzle. This is really neat - I appreciate being able to waste a little time every now and then! ] All of these things can be on the screen (at the same time) along with the current applications program. The memory will be expandable to 512K, provided that 256K RAMS eventually become a reality. This is likely to happen in 2-3 years. The 'cloverleaf' key (there are actually two such keys) is similar to the control key on most other computers. This is probably exactly what it is. The Macintosh will print text on the Imagewriter using hires mode, which uses the full resolution of the printer to print really nice fonts. Most of this info can be gleaned from the Mac articles in the February BYTE. The stuff about the paper-clip hole and the list of desk accessories I found out about by using a Macintosh at a computer store in this area. Robert P. Munafo ...|{decvax,linus}|dartvax|robertm