Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Showing GS progs to non Apple people Message-ID: <1990Nov17.234255.10882@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 17 Nov 90 23:42:55 GMT References: <9011161658.AA00482@apple.com> Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 23 unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > The GSes are -UNUSED-. I think they're probably ROM 0s. If I can >try to get them upgraded, then I'll probably put Nucleus and other demos in >'em to show people how damn cool the GS (and programs on it) is. I'm all for it, but BE REALISTIC. A lot of people are going to be looking for stuff that you won't be able to find for the GS. Don't expect people to run out and use the GS just because it can run cool demos. What I'm saying is, don't force the GS on people who would really be happier with a Mac. Be an honest 'salesman' and they will have a lot more respect for you and for the computer you're mr. expert on. Don't make the same mistake our campus Amiga geeks make. One of them spent twenty minutes trying to convince me that the Mac IIfx was a piece of junk because it didn't go at 50 mhz instead of 40. He also tried to convince me that the Apple ][ had screwed up video buffer memory mapping because Woz wanted to save two nand gates. In both cases, his claims were wrong for reasons that he didn't bother to understand, even after I explained them... Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu