Dr Doc: The Applix document editor, a WordStar-like full screen editor compatible with the inbuilt editor. Includes right and left justification of text, support for on screen display of italics, bold, underline, subscript and superscript. Providesheadersandfooters,pagenumbering,date,on-linehelp, etc. Easyprinterdriverchanges. Printedmanual,butno source. Only $29.95. Mgr: A free program by Stephen Uhler, from Bellcore. Ported from Sun workstations,thisis afull windowing system,withmouse support. Weadvise video modification for 960 by 512 display. Run Dr Doc editor with cut and paste, slide bars, open, close and resize windows, etc.
$29.95 for video modification needed to run it (two PALs, includes free mgr executables on two disks). Four disks of source code available, if required. Printed manual also available, at the cost of photocopying. The Applix 1616 WelcometotheworldoftheApplix1616User. The1616isdesignedasapowerful, but easy to program , general purpose computer. It is particularly suited to education (and self instruction), especially for learning low level (assembler or Forth) programming, and for interfacing to external devices. It is suitable for higher level language programming, in Basic and the C language.
Due to the accessibility of the operating system, and its relatively advanced nature, it can be used in courses about operating system design. In addition, Andrew Tanenbaum’s famous Minix operating system, designed especially for academic courses on operating systems, has been ported by Colin McCormack of Tangled Web Software, and is available for round $200. The Applix 1616 is suited to light industrial and home control use, or controlling andrecordingscientificinstruments,thankstotheextensiveinbuiltcommunication and input output facilities, and its expandability.
It is the only low cost Motorola 68000 computer with both extensive input and output facilities, and full bus expansion, on the Australian market. Although the Applix 1616 is not designed specifically for office and business use, it does have processing, graphics and communication capabilities that are the equivalent of modest office desk top computers. The 7.5 megahertz Motorola 68000 processor used in the Applix 1616 is identical to that in an Apple Macintosh Classic, but runs about 25% faster. The slightly more advanced 68010 processor can also be used, without any other alteration. A 15 megahertz version is available as a $120 upgrade, and any Applix 1616 can be modified to this speed.
Computing speed is faster than an IBM PC XT, but not as quick as an IBM AT. The keyboard is a full IBM style keyboard, not a cut down version with no cursor keys. Almost any IBM XT style keyboard can be used. Introduction User Tutorial Manual Page 5