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AtEase?

• munificent 5y ago
  Holy shit. Just seeing that written out turned a light on in dark corner of my memory. I had completely forgotten about that until you mentioned it.
  • function_seven 5y ago
    Same. It's always a weird jolt when you're reminded of something that you not only forgot, but that you "forgot that you forgot". I remember AtEase, and remember hating it.
• simon1ltd 5y ago
  It was AtEase. In the earlier macs, those with a button to trigger a debugger in firmware, you could completely exit AtEase by entering the debugger and typing “G H” I know it worked on System 7, and I think there was a variation that worked in System 8 as well.
  • exikyut 5y ago
    What does 'H' do? The other system monitor references in the comments here don't quite do it this concisely.
• twic 5y ago
  Ah, i thought they were talking about MiniFinder: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MiniFinder https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MiniFinder https://winworldpc.com/screenshot/c29050e2-809c-c2a3-24e2-809811c3a4ef/80b7fa07-d603-11e7-a73f-fa163e9022f0 https://winworldpc.com/screenshot/c29050e2-809c-c2a3-24e2-80... But that was a bit earlier. From what i remember, MiniFinder was written for MFS, and did not support hierarchical directories. You couldn't use applications unless they were at a filesystem root.
• Tainnor 5y ago
  I remember AtEase from when I was a kid. Somehow I discovered it on our Macintosh Performa at home and was totally fascinated by it. Kinda like Mouse Practice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Practice), which I must have played a gazillion times.
• amenghra 5y ago
  I used to bypass AtEase using MacBasic or something like that. Write a one liner to launch Finder, done. Compare AtEase to your iOS home screen. We have come full circle?