TFA is a podcast but I wanted to find images of the product in question. Two links deep I found this PDF which is a multi page advertisement, in case you’re curious what is being discussed!
Seeing that advertisement puts into context a little bit why it might have been called a “Cat”. Note that there’s no mouse and they emphasize this part and the part Jef Raskin had in originating the Macintosh project at Apple.
They were really excited about stuff like:
- automatically alphabetize a list - look up and dial a phone number - pull up a calendar - intelligent sleep & continuous save
Fascinating to see these features when they were selling points!