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Both the Mac II and the SE will be able to be connected with color video monitors and IBM disk drives. But, the MS-DOS (ie. IBM) connection will cost upwards of a thousand dollars...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Peaking at Apple's New Bushel | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...Type GET filename to copy a file you are interested in into your mainframe directory. Typing GET program-library list will give you a list of many of the available programs. Now program-library. list can be typed out with the CAT filename command (similar to TYPE from MS-DOS...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Getting Something-for-Nothing Through Harvard | 2/12/1987 | See Source »

Following the McDonald's formula, Ackerly eventually distilled her knowledge of "team cleaning" into a 300-page manual of dos and don'ts. The book serves as the basis for training new Mini Maid personnel. Among its teachings: pick up statuary in the middle, rather than at the top and bottom, and clean animal-skin rugs with a whisk broom rather than a vacuum cleaner. Sums up Ackerly: "The homeowner does not have to feed us, pick us up, give directions. We don't give a song and dance about our car breaking down as a reason for not showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Customer Is Still King | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

Setting up batch files requires typing all of the commands that the computer will execute into an ASCII file with the extension .bat. This can be done with an editor such as EDLIN (it comes with MS-DOS, see manual for instructions) or the SIDEKICK notepad...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Making an IBM Compatible User Friendly is as Easy as BAT | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

...Happy Hacker had planned to write about some additional MS-DOS utilities but writing period has taken its toll. Until next week, happy hacking...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Making an IBM Compatible User Friendly is as Easy as BAT | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

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