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Article #1188Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
From: Andy Finkel
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 16:40
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 16:40
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In article <8551@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> maxsmith@athena.mit.edu (Samuel M Druker) writes:
>Believe it or not, Commodore used to have a cartridge for their 64K machine
>that worked along that exact idea. It had an office with a phone, trash can,
>filing cabinet, typewriter, clock, calculator, etc. My dad (expert in
>computer illiteracy) loved it.
It was called "The Magic Desk". And don't forget that all important
door in the office...the gateway to the rest of the building.
(Or would have been, if the program had been a huge success :-) )
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andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
"Possibly this is a new usage of the word 'compatible' with which
I was previously unfamiliar"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments Message-ID: <5573@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 23 Dec 88 16:40:25 GMT References: <4362@pitt.UUCP> <257@gloom.UUCP> <1077@naucse.UUCP> <8551@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 18