- MultiFinder
MultiFinder was the name of an Extension Mac OS extension software for the Apple Macintosh , introduced on August 11, 1987 ref http macgui.com usenet ?group 14&id 4846 MultiFinder Announced ref and included with History of Mac OS System Software 5 System Software 5 . ref http support.apple.com kb TA31885?viewlocale en US Macintosh System Software Version History , Apple ref It added the ability to co operative multitasking co operatively multitask between several applications at once &ndash a great improvement over the previous systems, which could only run one application software application at a time. With the advent of System 7 Macintosh System 7 , MultiFinder became a standard integrated part of the operating system . It remained a part of the operating system until Mac OS X . History before the MultiFinder The first Macintosh, released in 1984, had such limited RAM memory 128 Kilobyte kB that Apple s developers decided early on to abandon the multi tasking that Apple had developed for the Apple Lisa Lisa . Desktop Accessories To allow some degree of freedom, the original Macintosh included Desk Accessory Desk Accessories , such as a calculator, that could be run concurrently. However ... of MultiFinder by Apple system software engineers Erich Ringewald and Phil Goldman . MultiFinder MultiFinder, introduced on August 11, 1987, ref http macgui.com usenet ?group 14&id 4846 MultiFinder ... a way for applications to supply their memory requirements ahead of time, so that MultiFinder could ... . With the release of System 7 Macintosh System 7 , the MultiFinder extension was integrated with the operating ... did nothing to fix MultiFinder s inherent idiosyncrasies and disadvantages. These problems were not overcome until MultiFinder was abandoned with the move to a modern preemptive multitasking ... ended up in the hands of Bill Gates References reflist DEFAULTSORT Multifinder Category ... es MultiFinder fr MultiFinder it MultiFinder fi MultiFinder ... more details
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- Apple menu
, so MultiFinder was removed as an option. The feature allowing users to switch between multiple ... more details
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- System 6
an improved MultiFinder , which allowed for co operative multitasking . The last version of System ... Apple for purchase separately. Both System 5 and System 6 had a feature called MultiFinder instead, ref Citation last Wiggins first Robert R. title All systems go System Tools 5.0 with MultiFinder newspaper .... MultiFinder could be enabled or disabled, with a reboot. If disabled, the Finder would quit when the user ... GB. The Trash or Wastebasket in the British version empties when the Finder terminates. If MultiFinder ... System Tools 5.0 with MultiFinder. , MacUser 1 March 1988 . Many of the cdev modules that come ... ref name versionhistory style background ececec MultiFinder Version ref name versionhistory style ... more details
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- Idris (operating system)
software Finder or Multifinder . ref name MacWorld MacWorld November 1989, page 18 http groups.google.es ... more details
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- Book:User Interaction Techniques
saved book title User Interaction Techniques subtitle A reference cover image X 20window 20system 20MouseKeys 20default 20numpad 20layout.svg cover color acceab User Interaction Techniques A reference Introduction Human computer interaction Interaction technique 3D Interaction A B Accelerator Internet Explorer Accelerator Accelerator table Adjustment handles Alt Tab Attentive user interface Augmented reality Balloon help Bounce keys Brace matching Brain computer interface Breadcrumb navigation Breadcrumb C D Canned response Caret navigation Clipboard software Clipboard Command line completion Command line argument Command line interface Context awareness Cover Flow Crossing based interface Cursor computers Cursor Cut, copy, and paste Dasher Delimited search Desktop metaphor Digital puppetry Direct Voice Input Direct manipulation interface Dock Mac OS X Dock Mac OS X Dock computing Dock computing Double click Drag and drop E L Expos Mac OS X Expos Flip page Focus computing Focus Graffiti Palm OS Graffiti Graffiti 2 Grayed out Hands free computing Identity management Incremental search Input method Inspector window Intelligent form Interactive voice response Keyboard shortcut List of dock applications Location awareness Lock key M O Marching ants Media space Eric Michelman Miller Columns Mixed reality Mode computer interface Mode Modifier key Moodbar Mouse chording Mouse keys Multi touch Multi factor authentication MultiFinder Multiple document interface Multiple frames interface Navigation controls Optogenetics P R Page zooming Pen computing Personalization Pie menu Point and click Pointing device gesture Post WIMP Progress indicator Progressive disclosure Projection augmented model Publish and Subscribe Query by Example Reverse pinch Rhizome Navigation S Screen labeled function keys Scroll lock Scroll wheel Scrolling ShapeWriter Silent speech interface Slideit Slow keys Smart tag Microsoft Smart tag SmartAction Spatial file manager Spatial navigation Split screen ... more details
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- History of Mac OS
ref or Switcher discussed under MultiFinder could work around this to some extent. System 1.0, 1.1 ... 5 also referred to as System 5 added MultiFinder , an extension which let the system run several ... time automatically. Users could also choose not to use MultiFinder, thereby sticking with using a single ... Release information ref name versionhistory valign bottom Macintosh Finder Finder MultiFinder Apple ... style background ececec MultiFinder Version ref name versionhistory style background ececec Apple ... through the MultiFinder . System 7 also introduced Alias Mac OS aliases , similar to computer ... empty itself automatically when shutting down the computer or, if MultiFinder were not running ... 7 System 7.0 integrated MultiFinder always enabled System 7.0.1 introduced with Macintosh LC LC II ... more details
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- Finder (software)
5 System Software 5.x version came with Finder 6.0 and the new MultiFinder , which allowed cooperative multitasking . MultiFinder was activated with a set startup dialog box whose setting took effect ... a much improved version of MultiFinder, among other enhancements. From System 6 forward, the Finder ... overhaul and it was completely rewritten using the C programming language. MultiFinder was now always ... more details
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- Phil Goldman
Phillip York Phil Goldman July 17, 1964 &ndash December 26, 2003 was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for co founding WebTV . Early life Growing up in San Mateo, California , Goldman attended San Mateo High School graduating in 1982. ref name SMHS Cite web url http www.smuhsd.k12.ca.us smhs alumni.html title San Mateo High School Alumni accessdate 2006 12 08 ref He graduated first in his engineering class, Phi Beta Kappa , from Princeton University in 1986 http www.stanford.edu class ee380 9697fall node5.html , in a class that also included Jeff Bezos and David Hitz , founder of NetApp . He served as chair of Princeton s Computer Science Advisory Council, and in 1998, Goldman donated 2 million to his alma mater to endow a chair, becoming the youngest alumnus ever to do so. Goldman would go on to hold 19 patents, and had 30 more pending at the time of his death. Career After college, Goldman went to work for Apple Computer , where he and Erich Ringwald wrote Multifinder originally called Twitcher for the Apple Macintosh Macintosh operating system. ref name hertzfeld Cite web url http www.folklore.org StoryView.py?story Switcher.txt title Andy Hertzfeld s story of Switcher The Mac s first multi tasking OS ref Steve Perlman and Bruce Leak were also working for Apple at the time Steve in the Advanced Technology Group, and Bruce working on Quickdraw and Quicktime. All three eventually left Apple, Perlman founding Replay Networks, Phil going to General Magic, and Bruce founding Rocket Science Games. In 1995, the three founded Artemis Research, which became WebTV Networks, Inc., offering a dialup thin client sold to consumers on the basis of ease of use and modest cost. WebTV was literally a Silicon Valley garage startup, having been founded in half of a storage building for the Museum of American Heritage on Alma Street in Palo Alto. Two early employees of Artemis who were also from Apple were Andy Rubin and Joe Britt , who would be two of the founders of ... more details
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- Macintosh 512K
ROM also supported Apple s Multifinder Switcher Switcher , allowing Computer multitasking ... more details
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- Extension (Mac OS)
MultiFinder and System 7 and later supported full fledged faceless background applications similar to Daemon ... more details
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- Carbon (API)
running, and where power management was not a concern. With the advent of MultiFinder and the ability ... more details
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- Macintosh Plus
MacPaint and MacWrite were bundled with the Mac Plus. After August 1987, HyperCard and MultiFinder ... more details
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- Computer wallpaper
5.0 with MultiFinder. , MacUser 1 March 1988 . Many of the cdev modules that come with System Tools ... more details
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- Macintosh 128K/512K technical details
of the MultiFinder , unlike the Lisa, which used cooperative multitasking. Preemptive multitasking ... more details
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- System 7
of the Apple menu under MultiFinder, became its own menu on the right. In addition, Hide Show functionality ... more details
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- Mac OS memory management
be extremely difficult to analyze and correct. Switcher became MultiFinder in System 4.2, which ... more details
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- FullWrite Professional
features offered by System 6 s MultiFinder . To make matters worse, Ashton Tate downplayed ... more details
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- List of computer viruses (A?D)
Anthrax File computer virus Anthrax File ANTI computer virus ANTI 2 1989 Does not spread under MultiFinder ... more details
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- List of Macintosh software
Cocoa user interface UI Integrated software technologies Macintosh Finder MultiFinder Path Finder QuickTime ... more details
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- Alt-Tab
MultiFinder References references Category User interface techniques Category Windows administration ... more details
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- Copland (operating system)
compared to a system with a kernel. ref name dierks Dierks, 1995 ref The introduction of MultiFinder ... more details
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- List of computer viruses (all)
MultiFinder. AntiCMOS computer virus AntiCMOS AntiHeuristica computer virus AntiHeuristica It s payload ... more details
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- Macintosh
, and introduced MultiFinder , which added cooperative multitasking to the Macintosh. Apple began bundling ... more details
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