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  1-10 of 12 Reviews about "Macintosh (K.8...)": Date Reviewed
  Insanely great
Levy S., Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1995.  Type: Book (9780140232370)

Like all love stories, this story of the romantic involvement of the author with the Macintosh computer is of all-consuming interest to those involved, but basically a bore to everyone else who has to listen to the lovers recount the m...

Nov 1 1995
  Mac online!
Rose C., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1993.  Type: Book (9780830642540)

Vice President Al Gore has been advocating a “data superhighway” for the United States. This network would bring information and connect citizens across the country. People away from the cities could access librar...

Feb 1 1994
  Dvorak’s inside track to the Mac
Dvorak J. (ed), Smith-Dvorak M., David B., Murphy J. (ed), Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1992.  Type: Book (9780078817571)

According to its back cover, this book applies to all “skill levels” from beginning to advanced. The authors characterize the book as a guide to the Macintosh. The effort succeeds on several counts and fails on many...

Sep 1 1993
  The audible Macintosh
Rubin D., SYBEX Inc., Alameda, CA, 1992.  Type: Book (9780782110456)

MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) is a logical and physical standard for interconnecting electronic devices that produce music, such as keyboards and sound modules. MIDI messages encode performance data such as note on, note...

Jul 1 1993
  Macintosh hard disk management
Brant B., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1992.  Type: Book (9780830637393)

Over the past 20 years or so, computer hard disk drives have gone from the size and look of washing machines to something that can fit inside a large matchbox (while keeping or expanding their capacity). As drives were going through th...

Feb 1 1993
  The Apple Macintosh book (4th ed.)
Lu C. (ed), Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1992.  Type: Book (9781556152788)

The Apple Macintosh computer was first unveiled in January 1984. The original Macintosh had 128K of main memory, one 400K 3.5-inch floppy drive, and a built-in 9-inch black-and-white monitor. A dot matrix printer called the Imagewrite...

Nov 1 1992
  The first book of the Mac
Rose C., Rose J., Sams, Indianapolis, IN, 1991.  Type: Book (9780672273551)

I wish that I had had this well-done introductory book when we got our family Mac. Because the Macintosh is marketed as the computer that needs no introduction, however, I suspect that most new Mac users will begin on a trial-and-error...

Mar 1 1992
  Build your own Macintosh and save a bundle
Brant B., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1991.  Type: Book (9780830636563)

The goal of this work is to show the reader how to assemble his or her own Mac (a Cat Mac) from parts that already exist. The intent is never to address the PC versus Mac controversies. Instead, assuming one wants a Mac, the assembled ...

Aug 1 1991
  Que’s Macintosh multimedia handbook
Bove T., Rhodes C., Que Corp., Indianapolis, IN, 1990.  Type: Book (9780880225779)

Until the late 1980s, the word “multimedia” was used primarily to describe a piece of artwork or an artist’s preference in materials. Apple Computer seized on the idea of multimedia presentations as an ext...

Aug 1 1991
  On Macintosh programming: advanced techniques
Allen D., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1990.  Type: Book (9789780201517378)

Daniel Allen grew up in Sunnyvale and became an Apple employee. He is listed as a programmer and software “explorer” in the biography on the back cover. He has been programming the Macintosh line of computers for se...

May 1 1991
 
 
 
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