Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!physics.utoronto.ca!neufeld Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 From: neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld) Subject: Ultima VI and Origin Message-ID: <1990Jun4.185052.1942@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA Date: 4 Jun 90 22:50:52 GMT Well, Origin sent me an answer to the letter I snailed asking for support of the Apple ][ line of computers for Ultima VI. I got a form letter which seems to have been written in response to the Apple ][ letter writing campaign. One sentence is "Your astounding letters are the supreme weapon for conquering the most fiendish foe of all: 'lack of vision and knowledge.'" The use of the plural form, and that quote which was definitely not in my letter suggest that they have seen quite a few Apple ][ owners sending letters. More encouraging than this letter was the product catalog they sent along in the envelope. A chart inside shows availability of Origin programs for various machines. There are four different entries in the table. 1) The price of the product 2) Fall 1990 3) Future 4) Shaded box. Ultima VI has the following entries for the various machines: IBM-PC: $69.95 ][+ ][e ][c ][c+ ][GS: Future C64 C128: Fall 1990 512 512E Plus SE Mac ][: Shaded box Amiga 500 1000 2000: Fall 1990 Atari 520ST 1040ST: Shaded box So, it looks like we might get Ultima VI for the ][ line eventually, but certainly not before the fall of this year. Keep the letters going to Origin. Don't let them forget that there's a real market for Ultima VI on the ][ series. After all, Akalabeth began on the Apple ][, it would be a shame for the descendents of Akalabeth to ignore the Apple ][. -- Christopher Neufeld....Just a graduate student | He's the kind of person neufeld@helios.physics.utoronto.ca | who'd follow you into a cneufeld@pro-generic.cts.com Ad astra! | revolving door and come "Don't edit reality for the sake of simplicity" | out first.