Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Hmmmm (fwd) Message-ID: <9104140358.AA24762@apple.com> Date: 14 Apr 91 04:51:01 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Connecticut's Business School Lines: 28 On Sat, 13 Apr 91 22:12:27 EDT you said: >>Andy, quit teasing us will you? Especially since you know you can't tell >>us about any of your work on the GS finder. On that note, perhaps a special sneak preview of a couple of items that came in for the May Vaporware column are in order ( an *interesting* correspondent, one whose tracks are partly obscured by the occasional totally off-the-wall fabrication, provided these :-) Apple IIgs to Inherit Sigificant Maclike Features. The new nearly twice as fast Apple IIgs System Disk 6.0 is scheduled for release at KansasFest this summer (mid-July). In addition to Andy Nicholas's revamped GS Finder major new features will include: Mac and IBM FSTs (permitting reading and writing of disks in those formats), support for the SuperDrive (1.44 Mbyte disks), an Animation Toolkit, midiSynth Tool, and interapplication communication (similar to Windows 3 and Mac System 7). - found in my electronic mailbox Apple II(gs) Forever (but by Mailorder). Last month's Apple II's for sale at Sears rumor was off the mark (Sears is busy trying to peddle PS/1s). J.C. Penney's wouldn't even discuss a deal with Apple. However, Apple hasn't given up, they're said to be dickering with Quality Computers, Applied Engineering (some insiders say AE is a long shot), and Soft Warehouse. - found in my electronic mailbox /s Murph BITNET/Internet ...!uunet!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall UUCP + Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)