Re: Apple II with ProTERM 3.1 OS X/Unix Serial Terminal

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Dec 12, 12:20 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> "MAC" is just as improper as "CHEVY", or as proper, depending on
> the availability of lower case or your need to rationalize.  ;-)
>
> Why not just stop defending a deprecated (and practically irrelevant)
> usage?

If only it was deprecated :-) The use of "MAC Address" causes a lot of
confusion among typical users. We might've had more luck finding
another popular name had Apple not decided to use Trademarked names as
their obviously necessary substitues: The Wireless MAC Address of a
Mac is called it's "Airport ID".

Unfortunatley, the much more precise acronym EHA (Ethernet Hardware
Address) isn't pronouncable, so it seems not to have taken off...
Isn't nomenclature fun? :-)

Matt