Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: What I would like to see Message-ID: <9001151645.AA03727@apple.com> Date: 15 Jan 90 16:21:07 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 30 On Mon, 15 Jan 90 02:37:13 GMT you said: >Here's some stuff I would like to see from Apple, some reasonable, some not so > >1. HyperCard gs. Please tell me the rumors are true. HyperCard-GS is scheduled to be announced in March (as with any Vaporware product, believe it when you see it; even some 'announced' software isn't 'available'). On the other hand, the rumor that HC-gs will include an HFS FST appears to be just that (converting Mac stacks to IIgs stacks will require a Mac :-( >5. Best of all, a NEW MOTHERBOARD that is really WORTH BUYING (as opposed to > upgrading, which is "unsupported"... Don't hold your breath. Apparently Apple has renigged on J. Sculley's promised "new Apple 2 CPU" unless you're willing to buy that PR Department bafflegab about ROM 03 being *ahem* a new(?) CPU (and there's this bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you too...). > a. Transwarp built in... Chances of that depend on solving the production quality control problems that are limiting the quantities of faster 65816 chips. There's a reason why deliveries from AE and Zip are so sloooooowwww. AND, the speedier 65816's have some design glitches that require Transwarp firmware to impose a slow down when some specific instruction sequences are executed (ain't that a hoot?). /s Murph [Internet] or ...{psuvax1 or mcvax}!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall [UUCP] + Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)