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From: craparotta@tipple.dec.com (Joe Crap)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: //GS
Message-ID: <5623@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 15:38:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 29 15:38:10 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Oct-86 01:55:57 EDT
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Well I just went down to Computerland to see the new Apple //GS. I must say 
I'm a little impressed. The RGB monitor is very nice! Also how everything is
layed out helps alot. They were having some problems running the DEMO [it 
didn't work at all] and the new paint program by ACTIVISION. I did get to 
see a digitized Flower and it looked great. They couln't tell me if is was
320x200 or 640x200 graphics mode. I would guess the latter. Other than that he
couldn't do much. He wouldn't open it up for me either!! They had the 1 meg 
apple card in also. Some of the things I don't like though was:

No SCSI slot built in!!!  

Comes with only 256k of mem!! I tried asking if u could put in 1 meg chips 
instead and got the famous "I dont know but you can always buy the card"

Also no stereo sound. He couldn't demo any sound stuff for me but when he
powered it up and the 2 BOSE speakers went off ..WHOW... What a DING!!

He asked me if I wanted to order one as I knew he would. All i had to do was put
down 50% of the total price!!!! I then asked quite logically when he could 
deliver the //GS. He said hopefully by December!!!!! What a joke he wants my
$$$ till DECEMBER!!!! And I'd even have the WOZ's signature... Well the WOZ's
siggy would be nice but if COMPUTERLAND or any other dealer thinks I'm gonna
give them my $$$ and wait they're all on drugs (thats a flame!!!) And if APPLE
thinks people are going to wait I would tend to think that ATARI/IBM/AMIGA are
going to be selling pretty hot. The diehard apple fans might wait but the 
majority of CONSUMERS WITH $$ aren't....

THE ABOVE VIEWS RIGHT OR WRONG ARE MINE PERSONALLY. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE COMPANY I WORK FOR.... TAKE 'EM WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.. THEN DOWN THE
DRINK!!!

Joe Craparotta