Memory of either model can be expanded to 4Mb, an option that many buyers are taking up at the time of purchase as some Mac applications demand large memories. Most users, however, will need the other version of the machine with 2Mb of RAM (the minimum needed for future operating system software and to run MultiFinder) and a 40Mb hard disk. Basic model is a 1Mb memory, floppy-only, using the 1.44Mb SuperDrive that is capable of reading and writing MS-Dos and OS/2 files (using the supplied FileExchange software). Intended to beat off PC clones in the low cost market, the Mac Classic provides a very inexpensive way into Macintosh computing while offering a highly adept machine. When I collected all the text together I found it came to over 20,000 words, so I’m splitting it into three parts: Macs and desktop PCs laptop PCs and everything else. ![]() But at least there’s a record of their having existed. ![]() Some of these PC brands are well-known, others have faded into well-deserved obscurity. I’m leaving this here just out of historical interest. It was ultimately published by Kogan Page in 1991.īut the truth is I’ve forgotten most of the details of this project, other than that I wrote the stuff you see below, Steve wrote even more and maybe there were other contributors too. ![]() If memory serves, the editor of this book, Richard Jones, had some kind of wheeze as to how this publication was going to be packaged and distributed.
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