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From: dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: America on Line
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Date: 16 Jan 90 17:25:34 GMT
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I wish for hardware:

for built in SCSI
SIMM plugs on the mother board (8 of 'em)
SWIM disk controller
faster clock.
fix the SCSI manager bug
higher screen rez (vertical)
ability to plug in 3rd party screens (like the mac II)
faster clock (did I say that?)
slot indepenance (ie, stuff is virtual - don't need to twiddle slot settings
   to get the mouse and appletalk to work together)
and Most Importantly - AN UPGRADE PROGRAM

Other big wishes are nearly pointless (ie, ethernet - who really needs
ethernet on their //?)

I wish for software:

a version of APW much more like MPW 3.0 (build, windows, robust shell, etc)
	and with it, faster compilers and linkers (no, I don't have
	the 2.0 tools)
Hypercard GS so I can read the // technotes on it (much like I can with
Phil and Dave's Excellent CD - which really is *excellent*)

I'll think of more later...


--
Dave Whitney
dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu  ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw  dcw@athena.mit.edu
My employer pays me well. This, however, does not mean he agrees with me.
I wrote Z-Link & BinSCII. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info.