info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (07/17/84)
From: David.Anderson@CMU-CS-G The local apple people hosted a user's group meeting here, and gave out some updated guesses on software releases. Here's what I copied down: MacTerm August Editor&ASM August FileVision August Helix August MacPascal August-Sept level 2 Forth Sept MacDraw October MacProject October Word October Logo October ;from the "Original Computer Camp"? MacBasic November Lisp Dec ;Original Computer Camp again full Pascal Dec-Jan I played with both the Tecmar and Davong winnies, and the Davong seems much faster. The Tecmar didn't seem any faster than a floppy (though it hopefully is), while the Davong was really nice. MacWrite and MacPaint launched in a few seconds. Both connect via Applebus through the modem connector, and I believe both have another Applebus connector on the back. There seems to be quite a lot of development underway. Several database packages were mentioned, including a couple of graphically oriented systems that are claimed to be truly wonderful (FileVision and Helix). Several terminal emulators and file transfer utilities are being worked on, and Haba is planning a whole series of desk accessories. Daisy-wheel printers, a video-digitizer, an Epson interface, and 3rd party micro-floppy drives were all mentioned. The editor/assembler package is what you'd expect. It seemed straightforward and reasonably complete. Helix has an interesting graphical programming environment, but it wasn't intuitive enough that we could get it to actually do anything in 5 minutes. MacDraw is just like LisaDraw, and I can't wait.
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (07/17/84)
From: Richard Furuta <Furuta@washington.arpa> On the subject of "Real Soon Now," I had reason to speak with people at the local Byte Shop. They tell me that PFS File and Report will be out at the end of this month and that there will be a "Special Introductory Price" of $150 for the set. Apparently they'd seen demos and sounded happy about them. Now, I don't know anything at all about PFS File and Report but these are words that seem to roll frequently off the tongues of computer salespeople. (If any of you know about these, why not drop me a note, not to the list, and fill me in on what I should know). --Rick -------