Microsoft was shipped a first generation Lisa - for those who have never
seen a lisa - i was a bit like a Mac Classic but about twice as wide and
took up half your desk. What has now been named the Mac Classic (originally
simply called 'the Macintosh') was the second generation of machines based
on the mac os. Apples product line history goes something like this:
@ Apple computer
@ Apple II
@ Lisa
@ Macintosh
@ Mac II (their first desktop shaped box - massively more powerful than a
pc )
@ Mac Classic (the original Macintosh reboxed and repriced to combat the
pc
- spec slightly upgraded from the original
- aimed at word processing - postscript output was far
better than MS Windows 2
and the yet to be released Windows 3
@ Power Mac (through serveral generations)
@ G3
@ I-Mac
@ G4
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Windows on Linux history [was Re: OT: Anyone try
CorelLinux]
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Alan Mead wrote:
>
> <snip>
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> >
> > Sorry, this has nothin to do with RH but it is something that I've
wondered
> > about... whether Microsoft was original in *anything*: Does anyone know
> > what the cronology of the introduction of mouse? I guess it was
developed
> > at Xerox PARC and then was used for X? Before or after initial versions
of
> > Windows were created? Or did the Xerox machine run some sort of unix?
> >
>
> The mouse was developed at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), along
> with the Star computer. I don't know the OS it ran. Xerox wasn't really
> very savvy about marketing and such, and saw this mostly as a curiosity.
> And although the developers were loath to share their work with anyone,
> the suits at Xerox told them to show it to the folks at Apple. Who
> originated this (Apple or Xerox) I don't know. Later, Microsoft was
> shipped a Lisa or early Mac (don't recall which) in order to build
> software to run on the Mac (again, don't know if this was Microsoft's or
> Apple's origination). From there, Microsoft began to develop Windows.
> Where the mouse was originally used for X Windows I don't know, but I
> suspect there were close ties between academia and PARC, so it may have
> just crossed over that way. Or it may have gone from Apple/Microsoft into
> the Unix world. Oddly enough, the Mac has always had a one button mouse,
> and Microsoft has always used a two button mouse, whereas X seems to
> prefer a three button mouse.
>
> Wish I could be more specific on some of these points. This is from
> memory. There are a variety of books out there that detail different
> pieces of these events.
>
> Paul M. Foster
>
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