Re: McIntosh <=> MacIntosh

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From: David Fry
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1987 23:51

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In article <20263@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> munson@renoir.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ethan V. Munson) writes:
>In article <137@stech.UUCP> sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) writes:
>>in article <8708220352.AA24519@cogsci.berkeley.edu>, bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) says:
>>> 
>>> I've seen an early "Mac" description that said "McIntosh" (McIntosh, as
>>> in the edible apple)  since this later changed to "MacIntosh" (As in
>>> the raincoat), one must wonder.  Apple computer selling Apples, yes.
>>

I'm really surprised no one has commented on this: the
standard story about this is that Jeff Raskin, who supplied
the original design specs for the Mac, thought the apple
"McIntosh" was spelled "Macintosh." So he wrote that on all
the original memos, etc.  And it stuck.

David Fry				fry@huma1.harvard.EDU
Department of Mathematics		fry@harvma1.bitnet
Harvard University			...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  0213817t

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