What is Timbuktu?

Timbuktu is one of the first Mac applications to increase workgroup productivity by allowing one Mac user, or a group of users, to see — or even control — what’s happening on any other Mac on the AppleTalk network.

To connect to another Mac, you activate a link by selecting a host from a list in Timbuktu’s desk accessory (see “Party Line”). If the host permits you (the guest) to connect, your Mac’s screen displays the same contents as the host’s and updates as the host screen changes. With the host’s permission, you can use your own keyboard and mouse to operate the host.

Meng, Britta (October 1988). Long Distance Control. Macworld. (pg. 178).

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Architecture

Motorola 68K

System Requirements

From Mac OS 1.0

Compatibility notes

• System Requirements (Version 2.0)
  • Macintosh 512KE or later
  • AppleTalk network
• System Requirements (Version 4.0)
  • Macintosh Plus or later
  • 1 MB RAM
    • 2 MB recommended for color screen sharing
  • Any AppleTalk network, including LocalTalk, EtherTalk, and TokenTalk
  • System 4.1/Finder 5.5 or later
    • System 6.0.5 or later required for color
• Notes
  • One serialized copy of Timbuktu must be installed on each Macintosh
  • Backwards compatible with Timbuktu 2.0 or later
  • Memory requirements increase with larger montors and more colors

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II