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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Pirating Hardware
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Date: 12 Feb 91 23:45:07 GMT
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From scott@brnded.ne1300.ingr.com (new user):

> TurboRez... good idea... Bill St. Pierre is working on a "third" prototype
> board.  It looks like he's going for a very much lower cost alternative
> to the projected $500 add-on card he originally designed.  This is first-
> hand information directly from Bill.  Don't get your hopes up, though.
> Quickdraw is still owned by Apple and any interface to enhance the graphic
> capability of a IIGS might just never be able to use the tools as provided
> by Apple.

    What?!?!?  I know that QuickDraw II is proprietary to Apple, but how come
that didn't stop the multitude of third-party Macintosh video cards, ALL of
which are QuickDraw-compatible?  Is this another case of a double-standard at
Apple, Inc.???  :(

Brian T. Tao  {taob@pnet91.cts.com} ||  Computer guru?  Someone who got
University of Metro Toronto         ||  their computer a couple of weeks
Scarberia, ON, MIC 3A8         *B-) ||  before you did.  (Alvin Toffler)