Macintosh Potentials

Abstract

In a sense Macintosh developments, as of late August when this is being written, are in a static mode that reflects, perhaps, the supposed indolence of summer. MacWorld Expo in Boston was similar to the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco that I attended: more a showcase for existing ideas and a sales‐room than a place for startling new innovations. Perhaps the sense of ennui results from Macintosh users waiting for delivery of three important products: System 7.0, the new Macintosh operating system that has been promised repeatedly during the year, new and less expensive Macintosh models scheduled for production and delivery by the early fall; and implementation of the new HyperCard upgrade that is available now to developers in a Beta test version. This column notes the promise of these developments, continues the series describing Macintosh software, and illustrates the application of HyperCard to library procedures.

Citation

Welsch, E.K. (1990), "Macintosh Potentials", The Electronic Library, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 373-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045008