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Macintosh Application Environment 2.0 Macintosh Application Environment 2.0 Product Shot

Features

It's a virtual Macintosh

  • Supplies the Macintosh graphical user interface and desktop manager in an X Window
  • Provides the Macintosh System 7.1 environment
  • NEW! Offers several features of Macintosh System 7.5
  • Allows you to cut and paste data between Macintosh applications
  • NEW! Lets you resize the Macintosh X Window to any size--without restarting MAE

It runs Macintosh applications

  • Lets you run off-the-shelf Macintosh software applications
  • NEW! Offers Dynamic Compilation, which increases performance by an average of 50 percent
  • NEW! Supports Macintosh sound-based applications
  • NEW! Includes QuickTime Player and HyperCard Player software

Integrates smoothly with UNIX

  • Provides an easy-to-use Macintosh interface to navigate local and NFS-mounted UNIX files
  • Allows access to UNIX resources and services from within the MAE X Window
  • Lets you copy and paste text and graphics between the UNIX and Macintosh environments
  • Prints UNIX and Macintosh files on printers that support PostScript using the Apple Chooser and the Print command

It makes networking easy

  • NEW! Makes MAE-to-Macintosh networking easy with built-in support for AppleTalk
  • Lets you share documents, electronic mail, and printers with Macintosh users and other users of MAE
  • NEW! MacTCP support allows access to the Internet and TCP/IP-based applications
  • Takes advantage of NFS (Network File System), allowing file sharing and file services across the network
  • Displays and allows manipulation of remote as well as local Macintosh and UNIX files and applications
  • NEW! Offers better support for remote file access under NFS

Description

Macintosh Application Environment (MAE)--the virtual Macintosh for open systems--is an innovative software product that provides a complete Macintosh environment in an X Window, allowing you to run Macintosh 680x0 applications right on your workstation.

MAE brings the functionality and ease of use of the Macintosh computer to Sun Microsystems SPARCstations running the SunSoft Solaris operating system, as well as to Hewlett-Packard Series 700 workstations running HP-UX.

Version 2.0 extends the power of MAE with the inclusion of AppleTalk networking, making it easy to share printers, files, and email with other Macintosh and MAE users on a network. Other new features include support for MacTCP, dramatic performance gains, support for Macintosh sound-based applications, and much more.

Since MAE is based on Macintosh System 7.1 (and includes several handy features of Macintosh System 7.5), you can run the most popular off-the-shelf Macintosh software- including popular spreadsheet, desktop publishing, word processing, graphics, email, calendar, and business applications.

MAE also seamlessly integrates with the UNIX environment, allowing you to copy and paste text and graphics between UNIX and Macintosh applications. MAE lets you open UNIX files (including NFS-mounted volumes), access UNIX applications through the Macintosh interface, and use system services (such as UNIX PostScript printers). And support for MacTCP allows access to the Internet and TCP/IP-based applications.

Technical Specifications

Macintosh desktop manager

  • Includes complete Macintosh Finder and desktop manager
  • Graphically depicts files as icons, including non-Macintosh documents and applications
  • Lets you point and click to copy, move, or open files, or to launch applications

Macintosh Finder

  • Organizes files and applications in an easy-to-use folder hierarchy
  • Provides a Macintosh-consistent interface for all Macintosh applications

Macintosh toolbox

  • Includes QuickDraw to manage all graphics operations required by Macintosh applications
  • Allows you to share data that is going to be updated dynamically using publish-and-subscribe capabilities
  • Includes the Toolbox Event Manager to translate the X Window System user keyboard and mouse input
  • Includes routines that enable QuickDraw to interoperate with the X Window System

Macintosh system services

  • Allows you to manipulate UNIX files using Macintosh operations (moving, copying, deleting, and so on)
  • Supports printing on system printers such as PostScript printers on UNIX networks
  • Takes advantage of NFS to allow file sharing and file services across the network
  • Simplifies MAE-to-Macintosh networking with built-in AppleTalk support
  • Supports MacTCP for access to the Internet and TCP/IP-based applications
  • Includes the Cursor Manager, which keeps the Macintosh cursor within the MAE window so you can focus on Macintosh tasks

Mixed-mode manager

  • Enables faster performance by directly accessing the native RISC processor for certain routines, using the inherent power and speed of the host operating system

Macintosh 68040LC emulator

  • Provides high-speed emulation of 68040 code
  • Delivers optimum compatibility with the Macintosh architecture

Industry-standard compliance

  • Complies with X Window System version 11, release 4 and 5
  • Operates under Motif, HP VUE, and OPEN LOOK

Hardware and software requirements

  • HP Series 700 workstation running HP-UX 9.0x
  • Sun SPARCstation running Solaris 2.3 or later
  • X Window System version 11, release 4 or 5
  • Window manager such as Motif, HP VUE, or OPEN LOOK
  • Memory: 16MB minimum; 32MB recommended
  • Hard disk space: 16MB minimum; 22MB recommended
  • MAE includes STREAMS/UX to enable AppleTalk connectivity on HP Series 700 workstations running HP-UX
Macintosh Application Environment Package Picture

Ordering Information

To order MAE, or to upgrade from version 1.0
  • to version 2.0, call 1-800-769-2775, ext. 7675
  • (in the United States), or contact your local reseller

MAE for Solaris, Version 2.0 (1 user)

  • Order No. M2191Z/B

MAE for HP-UX, Version 2.0 (1 user)

  • Order No. M3128Z/B
Also available are 20- and 50-user packages and volume licenses. Please contact your local Apple reseller or representative for pricing and other information.

For further product information, you can also access the MAE Web site at URL http://www.mae.apple.com/ or Apple's FTP site at ftp.support.apple.com (/pub/mae directory).

Product specifications are subject to change.Check with your authorized Apple reseller for the most current information about product specifications and configurations.

(c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, HyperCard, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Finder, Macintosh Application Environment, and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. NFS, SPARC, and Sun are trademarks, and Solaris is a registered trademark, of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Hewlett-Packard, HP-UX, and HP VUE are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Motif is a trademark of The Open Software Foundation. OPEN LOOK is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open. X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. STREAMS/UX is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users. March 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.

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