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When Dennis Brothers bought his new Apple Macintosh computer, he knew it had a shortcoming. Apple did not provide the necessary instructions that would allow the machine to send messages to other computers by telephone. Worse still, the company had neglected to publish the technical information that would permit professional programmers to write their own software. That did not deter Brothers, an M.I.T.-trained electrical engineer who runs a computer consulting business in Wayland, Mass. He opened up the Mac, studied its circuitry and wrote a program called MacTEP that solved the problem...
Many retailers are impressed with the manual for Apple's new Macintosh computer. Designed to be used with tapes and video displays, it guides Macintosh owners gently through a technological thicket. Says Chris Espinosa, 22, an eight-year Apple veteran who supervised the booklet's preparation: "A good manual is not a narrative; it is an outline or report. Nobody ever reads a manual cover to cover-only mutants do that...
Under the plan, the Macintosh would be used in Computer Science II. Computers, Algorithms, and Programs," taught by McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis...
...also points out that most of the personal computers currently available to the students through the University such as the Macintosh and the Dec Rainbow 100 are not powerful enough to handle some of the more complex programming assignments...
...most important have been the striking of several deals with major firms to bring computers to students for cut-rate prices. The most publicized was the deal Harvard and 23 other universities signed with Apple last January, under which students can now obtain the much-touted Macintosh, listed at $2400, for about $1400. And just last month came news of a deal with the Digital Equipment Corporation, which will allow students to purchase various of the firm's models for up to 40 percent off the standard retail price...