Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: johnson s
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 17:20

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david.breneman@mccaw.com (David Breneman) writes:

>In article <3v7sem$8t0@mudraker.mtholyoke.edu> jbmiller@mtholyoke.edu (Mac)  
>writes:
>> Overlapping windows preceeded the mac in a RESEARCH LAB.  One I might add 
>> not everyone had access to.  Xerox invited Jobs and co. there, because 
>> they figured Apple could make cheap versions of their Xerox Smalltalk 
>> boxes, something they hadn't figured out how to do.  This was after the 
>> agreement between Xerox and Apple, to allow Apple access to the research 
>> being done at Xerox PARC.  
>> 
>> Yes, they preceeded the Mac, but not in ANY released system.
>>                                         ^^^

>How about layers(1) and the Teletype 5620 DMD terminal?  That was
>released in 1984.  Personally, I don't know how long Macs have been
>around, so if there were on the market in 1983, I'm wrong.  BTW, the

The introductory ad for Mac aired in January 1984 during the superbowl.
I don't know how soon afterwards Macs started shipping so I'd have to
say that "layers(1) and Teletype 5620 DMD terminal" at the very least
came out at the same time as the Mac.

			S. Johnson

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1 Aug 1995 17:20:36 GMT
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