[net.micro.apple] //x

don@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Don Hopkins) (10/17/86)

The //x is what the //gs was called before it was called the //gs (or
announced). 
	-Don

eric@osiris.UUCP (Eric Bergan) (10/18/86)

In article <8610170508.AA24021@brillig.umd.edu>, don@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Don Hopkins) writes:
> The //x is what the //gs was called before it was called the //gs (or
> announced). 
> 	-Don

	This is not entirely true. The //x was a staffed project at Apple
a couple of years ago, but was eventually shelved. After the continued 
strength of the // line (the Mac didn't kill it), Apple decided to restart
a similar project, which ended in the //gs. The biggest difference that
I know of is that the //x was supposed to be both //e and Mac. compatable.
The //gs certainly is not. There have been several articles in A+, Byte,
Call A.P.P.L.E. and others that detail the history of the //x and the //gs.

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					eric
					...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplcen!osiris!eric

ags@h.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) (10/20/86)

In article <8610170508.AA24021@brillig.umd.edu> don@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Don Hopkins) writes:
>The //x is what the //gs was called before it was called the //gs (or
>announced). 
>	-Don

This should not be confused with the ][x, which is what the //e was called
before it was called the //e (or announced).
-- 
Dave Seaman	  					
ags@h.cc.purdue.edu