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From: ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Inside Macintosh 5
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Date: 1 Jun 88 13:28:52 GMT
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In article <7136@watdragon.waterloo.edu> palarson@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Paul Larson) writes:

>Could anyone out there tell me what is covered in IM5?
>Does it have any relevance to programming the Mac Plus?
>Does it have any info regarding Multifinder?

IM V is primarily about features which were introduced with the Mac SE
and Mac II.  The largest single item is color, which applies only to
the Mac II.  Many of the other features discussed are now available on
the Mac Plus via patches in the system software.  I believe this
includes the Resource Manager, Font Manager, Toolbox Event Manager,
Menu Manager, TextEdit, International Utilities Package, Script
Manager, Control Panel, Start Manager, File Manager Extensions,
Printing Manager, Disk Driver, AppleTalk Manager, System Error
Handler, and Shutdown Manager as described in IM V.  Also, System
Tools 6.0 provides the Mac SE and Mac Plus with the same Sound Manager
features as the Mac II.

IM V does not discuss Multifinder, which was first announced about six
months after draft publication of IM V.

Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214

     On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put
     into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"