sakw@cvaxa.UUCP (03/17/86)
I got these from a UK bulletin board called MacTel. I'm posting them here as I
haven't seen any discussion of this topic on the net.
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Message : 406
Submitted: 3/10/86 12:10
Submitted by: FELIX KAEGI
Subject: Future Macs
Following two interesting news item from an American BBS, I hope you
enjoy them:
95C Macintosh Programmer's Workstation
From: BOB DENNY 334
When: 4:41p Sat, 11-Jan-86
I just got back from Apple, having delivered the firqt installment
of the work we are doing for them. While there, I saw the evaluation
version of MPW, Macintosh Programmer's Workstation. There has been
little discussion about MPW on this board, so I thought you all would
like to know:
Languages: Pascal (Lisa - compatible)
C (by Green Hills in Pasadena, VERY nice & optimized)
Assembler (the assembler is dynamite at first inspection
I didn't see the edito (nuts!)
The linker handles a mixture of the languages, and is reasonbly
good about segmentation etc.
I don't think the linker handles resources, however, and I didn't see
what the new "RMAKER" looked like. The documentation was about 4"
thick, very "finished" looking, not like Inside Mac.
From: BOB DENNY 334
When: 4:48p Sat, 11-Jan-86
This is even more exciting ... I can now say a little about Mac Work
Station. This is a "generic" application what runs on the Mac, and
a library of functions designed to run under Unix or VAX/VMS which
implement a fantastic array of functions with which the host can
use the Mac as a high-power user-interface work station. This baby is
developed to the "product" stage (well ... almost), there are special
binders and tabs, and a platic packet of diskettes, plus the host tape.
ThE Host-Mac protocol is slowly being formalized, and it MAY be
published soon. Apple is currently deciding how to position this as
a product and market it. I just completed an adaptation of VAX Mail
which speaks MWS protocol. It's dynamite! Running a VAX application
with a Mac interface! Wheeeeeeee!!! (and they paid me, too!).
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Having seen UW in action, I can't wait to see MPW.
regards,
--
Sak Wathanasin, U of Sussex, Cognitive Studies, Falmer, Sussex BN1 9QN, UK
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