Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadre.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!idis!cadre!martello From: martello@cadre.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: request for general mac info. Message-ID: <258@cadre.ARPA> Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 02:49:12 EST Article-I.D.: cadre.258 Posted: Sat Feb 9 02:49:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 01:35:09 EST Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pgh. Lines: 18 I am considering purchasing a mac and being a novice as far as the mac is concerned, I am looking for any information on the following areas (or pointers to information, eg. books or articles) - overview (what it can and can't do with what they give you) - internals (how is it as a hackers machine and what kinds of info on the guts is available, etc.) - software available (good, cheap programs (especially C compilers and the like) - cost analysis (what is the cheapest you've seen what and where). - general reactions (what are you happy/unhappy with) - misc. (e.g. buy/don't buy two drives, 512k, etc.) I will post summary of information received to net. thanks. Alan Martello UUCP: { akgua | allegra | cmcl2 | cmucsg | cmucspt | idis | ihnp4 | mi-cec | pitt | sun | sunrise | vax135 }!cadre!martello ARPA: martello@cadre