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From: robertm@dartvax.UUCP (Robert P. Munafo)
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Subject: Re: Another Mac Review
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 22:22:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 22:22:26 1984
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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