Macwise
Encyclopedia
MacWise is a terminal
emulation
program for Macintosh computers. It was written by Rich Love.
MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100
, VT220 and Prism terminals. Supports ANSI
and SCO ANSI color. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370 mode.
It was originally created by Rich Love in 1989 as MacToPic. The name changed to MacWise in 1996. MacToPic was originally created as a Microdata
Prism Terminal emulator and PICK file transfer program. More terminal emulations and functions were added in the coming years and the name was changed to MacWise.
MacWise was a Mac OS 9
program when released in 1996. It was later converted to a native Mac OS X
application.
Computer terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system...
emulation
Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system...
program for Macintosh computers. It was written by Rich Love.
MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100
VT100
The VT100 is a video terminal that was made by Digital Equipment Corporation . Its detailed attributes became the de facto standard for terminal emulators.-History:...
, VT220 and Prism terminals. Supports ANSI
Ansi
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and SCO ANSI color. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370 mode.
It was originally created by Rich Love in 1989 as MacToPic. The name changed to MacWise in 1996. MacToPic was originally created as a Microdata
Microdata
Microdata Corporation was an Irvine, California based computer company, developing hardware and operating systems to run its REALITY environment...
Prism Terminal emulator and PICK file transfer program. More terminal emulations and functions were added in the coming years and the name was changed to MacWise.
MacWise was a Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's Mac OS before the launch of Mac OS X. Introduced on October 23, 1999, Apple positioned it as "The Best Internet Operating System Ever," highlighting Sherlock 2's Internet search capabilities, integration with Apple's free online services known as...
program when released in 1996. It was later converted to a native Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
application.