A quiz for all you Mac old timers
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From: Warren Oates on 24 Feb 2010 07:47 In article <michelle-3BB3C4.22202223022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Actually, in the original System, Command-O opened the selected file or > folder in the Finder, or made outline text within an application. It did > not open a new empty file. (However, some applications would create a new > document when opened, but that document was not a file because it had not > been saved yet.) That's CMD-N anyway, at least these days (to create a new empty document). -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 24 Feb 2010 09:55 Michelle Steiner wrote: > Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: >> Can't remember if they are different in MacPaint. - My OS 9.x machine is >> already closed down for the night.:-) > > Your OS 9 machine wouldn't help; I was asking about the original system > that shipped with the 128K Mac. Well, you didn't mention that in your OP, and when so, - I'm out - I simply don't remember them from that one.:-) Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 24 Feb 2010 09:57 nospam wrote: > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >>> Can't remember if they are different in MacPaint. - My OS 9.x machine is >>> already closed down for the night.:-) >> Your OS 9 machine wouldn't help; I was asking about the original system >> that shipped with the 128K Mac. > > maybe he has an emulator running system 1. I have the System 1, but neither a machine nor an emulator for it. Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: nospam on 24 Feb 2010 10:03 In article <4b853dfd$0$8558$ba624c82(a)nntp06.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > > I was asking about the original system > > that shipped with the 128K Mac. > > Well, you didn't mention that in your OP, yes she did.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 24 Feb 2010 17:17
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > i remember outline text. hideous. there was another one that was worse, > > wasn't there? shadow? > > Shadow and Outline combined was the worst. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I first saw it - back in junior high school. -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |