Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Project MAC (Machine Aided Cognition) was a pioneering effort in the field of interactive computing at MIT in the 60s. It is arguably the progenitor of the current Mac OS X, via Multics and Unix. If I look hard enough, I think I can still find the green plastic covered manual. -- Clive Moss http://clive.moss.net/blog On Jul 29, 2007, at Jul 29, 6:23 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > 2007-07-27-18:51:50 Howard Cummer: >> Thanks to all - I'm good to go. Sometimes I forget how simple it is >> to use a MAC. > > Whatever is an MAC? What words to M, A and C stand for? > > I've heard of PCs (for Personal Computer, hearkening back to the > original IBM models, and implying anything from that bloodline up > through the Windows-running behemoths of today), and I happen to use a > Mac (short for Macintosh, one word); but what is this MAC? > > [Semi-sorry for the rant, but it just bugs me when people do this. > And > I'm pleasantly full of strong Lagunitas ale, which frees me to be > even > less badly oppressed by the shackles of politeness than usual.] > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information