Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple's committment to the // line Message-ID: <8910111944.aa21576@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 10 Oct 89 22:34:21 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 32 On Mon, 9 Oct 89 23:40:36 GMT you said: >SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET says: >>Hmmmm... Laser IIgs+. Has a nice ring to it, eh? At least we would know that >>the speed would be there and that it would continue to be developed... > >The only problem is that (at least when I talked to Video Technologies at > AppleFest) they are not planning to touch the IIgs at all. EITHER the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing OR Video Tech is going to name it something less likely to infringe on Apple's copyright (or trademark or both) -- maybe the Laser 1.25 Mbyte? They SHOWED the machine at the developers conference in Kansas last July (i.e., it ain't much of a secret). Of course it IS an *unannounced* product, so maybe they want to be just like the 'big guys' (you know who ;-) and not admit to having what everyone already knows they've got. Video Technologies plans to market the machine early next year ASSUMING (sometimes 'if' is the largest word in the English language) 1) they really can write IIgs compatible ROM code that doesn't violate Apple's copyright (has to satisfy U.S. Customs of same too), and 2) can get enough fast 65816 chips (maybe they can buy that bag Bill Mensch was waving at Applefest?). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)