Re: Apple?

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From: Lawson English
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 04:55

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Robert Cassidy (rmcassid@uci.edu) wrote:
: In article <3vmlsa$eug@martha.utk.edu>, mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matthew
: Kennel) wrote:

: > Robert Cassidy (rmcassid@uci.edu) wrote:

: > : But compared to no scheduler, no switch routine, and no tables, that's a
: > : lot of space.
: > 
: > It's understandable it wasn't there in System 1, but it should have
: > been at least thought about and there should have been a conceptual
: > design for how to do it in the future.  Multitasking should have been
: > there with System 4 and the SE, and memory protection by the first or second
: > iteration of the '020 (or was it '030) that had VM hardware.

: I agree that was the right time to do it - when the Mac II shipped. Of
: course, its hard to say how things looked from Apple's perspective.


Mmmmm... The Mac II was the first color Mac. THe first Mac with slots. 
The first Mac that supported multiple monitors. PRobably several other 
firsts as well.


Adding PM and PMT to all of that and watch how bug free the OS is...



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