A quiz for all you Mac old timers
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From: Matthew Russotto on 25 Feb 2010 22:04 In article <michelle-DDE1E1.16380023022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >In the original Macintosh System, Finder, Macwrite, and/or Macpaint, what >did these keyboard shortcuts do? (Some of them did different things in >different environments, though.) > >Command-P >Command-W >Command-U >Command-O Print, close window, underline (in MacWrite), and Open. Not sure about command-U, I seem to remember it doing something else which was non-intuitive. One back at you: How did you create a new folder in the earliest Finder? -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Matthew Russotto on 25 Feb 2010 22:11 In article <slrnhoc46r.h1l.gsm(a)cable.mendelson.com>, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm(a)mendelson.com> wrote: > >System 7 was sold in a box set for $99, but there were ways around it. If >you had a CD-ROM drive (very expensive and rare in those days), you could >buy a single copy of Apple's Develop magazine with it on the included CD for >$10. One fun thing about System 7 is for whatever reason, Apple would post pre-release versions to its FTP site (Web? What web? We didn't need no steeking web). Then the race was on to get them before they removed them. I had my old Mac II running a pre-release 7 that way for a while. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Matthew Russotto on 25 Feb 2010 22:13 In article <timmcn-3BCAFC.15595625022010(a)news-1.mpls.iphouse.net>, Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote: > >Ah, the good old days when software companies had about a dozen >employees and time for their customers. Thing is, if you have a dozen employees and time for your customers, you don't have many customers. (and none of the caliber of certain people on this newsgroup whose name I will not speak) -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: dorayme on 25 Feb 2010 22:27 In article <_YCdndxVav_FoRrWnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net>, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <timmcn-3BCAFC.15595625022010(a)news-1.mpls.iphouse.net>, > Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote: > > > >Ah, the good old days when software companies had about a dozen > >employees and time for their customers. > > Thing is, if you have a dozen employees and time for your customers, you don't > have many customers. (and none of the caliber of certain people on > this newsgroup whose name I will not speak) > -- Flattery will get you nowhere with me young man! Today, I threw out original Sys 6 and 7 Apple manuals, have to move and get rid of stuff no one wants. Big Apple book on Hypercard and other things. They used to write and set things out in beautiful white glossy paper books with spineless binder. And they used to write very clearly, those technical writers. Best of American technical writing in my opinion. Broke my heart, no room where I am headed. -- dorayme
From: Matthew Russotto on 26 Feb 2010 23:27
In article <michelle-013246.00340626022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >In article <7sudnQhYYKHFpxrWnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net>, > russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > >> One back at you: How did you create a new folder in the earliest Finder? > >You renamed the default Empty Folder. The OS would then create a new >default Empty Folder. I think you could also copy and paste it. Yep, at least to the first part. I don't remember about the copy and paste thing. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need. |