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

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From: jim frost
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 18:40

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david.breneman@mccaw.com (David Breneman) writes:
>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
>DMD software was called "The AT&T Windowing Utilities", which definitely
>predates Microsoft's use of the word.  I cite as my source authority *me*.
>I'm the keeper of the tty5620 FAQ. :-)

The Mac was introduced in January, 1984.  You probably remember the
commercials: "Why 1984 won't be like _1984_."

The Mac wasn't the first Apple with that interface, though; that honor
goes to the Lisa.  There were some significant interface differences:
the Lisa was much more in the PARC spirit, but several concepts
(notably the process of creating a blank file before you launch the
application on it) confused users and were eliminated in the Mac.

The Lisa clearly predated the DMD terminals, but I don't think it
predated the BLIT terminals (which were the predecessors of the DMD).

jim frost
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