Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!ucbvax!MACALSTR.EDU!SHBOUM From: SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: info for the masses Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 08:31:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 44 In an earlier message, Jonah Stich wrote > Scott Gentry is building a list of things people would like to see written. > If you can't get through to him, here are two to chew on: > > Mathematica GS Hey, Mathematica is an awesome program, and I'd love to see a GS version, but let it be known, that to the first person who does the translation, I will personally FLY out to that person and bow down and grovel at their feet for that programmer will be a devine entity. Because while the GS can handle the huge amount of RAM and disk space required, there is NO way that ANY 'C' compiler known for the IIGS is going to handle the over 180,000 (thats right ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND) lines of code that makes up Mathematica!!! Heheheheh. It even makes me laugh to think such a task is even remotely possible. Could you imagine how slow it would be on a 2.8Mhz IIGS!!! A 8Mhz or 10Mhz Ziped GS would be real nice though.... Well, the offer stands. But on the issue of new programs, I would like to see the following: 1) The previously mentioned sound program to continious record and playback... Plus a sound program that had no static!!! {Yea, get real...} 2) A 256 Color GIF Viewer (Being worked on as we speak) 3) A real 'C' Compiler 4) Multitasking or Multiprocessing abilities. 5) The Duet Card {Ok, so its not software, I still want it} 6) A CDA that has utilities like copy/rename files, view {and/or edit} a text file, edit file info, etc.} 7) a term program that has a packer built into it. 8) Any Good Fantasy/Role Playing Games such as Ultima VI... 9) An improved background sound player that didn't crash so much... Finally I'd like to give a special mention to the last one because I think it would be really nice feature to have and that is a DOS 3.3 FST for GS/OS. Hey, its part of the family, and many of us have used it for years. From my understandings of GS/OS, I believe it shouldn't be much of a problem... Plus I think we'd use it more because we'd have better access to it... Thats about it for now... | Hal Bouma | Working on a .sig! | Macalester College | | Mail to SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU | | H.BOUMA on GEnie |