Amaya Toman UBruce Daniels wayengeyena kuphela umphathi weqembu elibhekele isoftware yekhompyutha kaLisa. Ubuye wasekela kakhulu iphrojekthi ye-Mac, wayengumbhali womhleli wombhalo lapho "Ithimba le-Mac" libhala khona amakhodi ku-Lisa, futhi waze wasebenza okwesikhashana njengomhleli kuleli qembu. Ngisho nangemva kokushiya iqembu, uLisa wayefika ngezikhathi ezithile ezovakashela ozakwabo. Ngelinye ilanga wabaphathela izindaba ezimnandi kakhulu.
Bekuwumdlalo omusha sha owabhalwa uSteve Capps. Lolu hlelo lwalubizwa ngokuthi u-Alice, futhi uDaniels waluthula ngokushesha kwenye yamakhompyutha kaLisa akhona. Isikrini saqala saba mnyama, kwathi ngemva kwemizuzwana kwavela i-chessboard enezinhlangothi ezintathu ezinezikhala ezimhlophe ngokwesiko. Esinye sezibalo saqala ukugxuma emoyeni, silandela ama-arcs ahamba kancane futhi sikhula sibe sikhudlwana njengoba sisondela. Ngesikhashana nje, zonke izingcezu ku-chessboard zaqondaniswa kancane kancane futhi zalinda ukuthi umdlali aqale umdlalo. Uhlelo lwabizwa ngokuthi u-Alice ngemuva komlingisi wentombazane owaziwayo wasezincwadini zikaLewis Carroll, owavela esikrinini efulathele umdlali, okwakudingeka alawule ukunyakaza kuka-Alice ebhodini le-chess.
Umphumela uvele phezulu esikrinini ngefonti enkulu, ehlotshiswe ngesitayela se-Gothic. Wonke umdlalo, ngokwezinkumbulo zika-Andy Hertzfeld, ubushesha, ushesha, ujabulisa futhi umusha. Kwa-Apple, bavumelana ngokushesha ngesidingo sokuthola "u-Alice" ku-Mac ngokushesha okukhulu. Ithimba livumile ukuthumela omunye we-Mac prototypes kuSteve Capps ngemuva kukaDaniels. U-Herztfeld waphelezela uDaniels wabuyela esakhiweni lapho iqembu likaLisa lalizinze khona, lapho ahlangana khona noCapps mathupha. Lesi sakamuva samqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke kuthathe isikhathi eside ukujwayela u-"Alice" kuMac.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, uCapps wafika nediski eliqukethe inguqulo ye-Mac yomdlalo. U-Hertzfeld ukhumbula ukuthi u-Alice wagijima kangcono nakakhulu ku-Mac kunoLisa ngoba iphrosesa esheshayo ye-Mac ivumela ukugqwayiza okushelelayo. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuthi wonke umuntu oseqenjini achithe amahora amaningi edlala lo mdlalo. Kulo mongo, u-Hertzfeld ukhumbula ikakhulukazi u-Joanna Hoffman, owajabulela ukuvakashela ingxenye yesofthiwe ekupheleni kosuku futhi waqala ukudlala u-Alice.
U-Steve Jobs wahlatshwa umxhwele kakhulu ngu-Alice, kodwa akazange amdlale kaningi. Kodwa lapho ebona ukuthi lingakanani ikhono lokuhlela elalisele ngemuva komdlalo, ngokushesha wayala ukuthi uCapps adluliselwe eqenjini leMac. Nokho, lokhu kwenzeka kuphela ngo-January 1983 ngenxa yomsebenzi owawuqhubeka eLisa.
UCapps waba yilungu elibalulekile leqembu leMac cishe ngokushesha. Ngosizo lwakhe, iqembu elisebenzayo likwazile ukuqedela i-Toolbox ne-Finder amathuluzi, kodwa abazange bakhohlwe ngomdlalo we-Alice, abawuthuthukisa ngemisebenzi emisha. Omunye wabo, isibonelo, imenyu efihliwe ebizwa ngokuthi i-Cheshire Cat ("Cheshire Cat"), eyavumela abasebenzisi ukuthi balungise izilungiselelo ezithile.
Igalari yezithombe
Ekwindla ka-1983, uCapps waqala ukucabanga ngendlela yokuthengisa "u-Alice." Enye inketho bekuwukushicilela nge-Electronic Arts, kodwa uSteve Jobs wagcizelela ukuthi i-Apple ishicilele lo mdlalo ngokwawo. Umdlalo ugcine ukhululiwe - nakuba ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi "Ngengilazi Ebukekayo", futhi kubhekiselwa emsebenzini kaCarroll - ephaketheni elihle ngempela elifana nencwadi yakudala. Isembozo sayo saze safihla nelogo yeqembu le-punk eliyintandokazi lakwaCppe, i-Dead Kennedys. Ngokungeziwe kugeyimu, abasebenzisi baphinde bathola ifonti entsha noma uhlelo lokudala imaze.
Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yayingafuni ukukhuthaza umdlalo we-Mac ngaleso sikhathi, ngakho-ke u-Alice wagcina engatholanga cishe ababukeli abaningi ababebafanele.
Umthombo: I-Folklore.org
