Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!POMONA.BITNET!MAINT From: MAINT@POMONA.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: BITNET mail follows Message-ID: <8704222121.aa03274@SPARK.BRL.ARPA> Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 20:04:00 EST Article-I.D.: SPARK.8704222121.aa03274 Posted: Wed Apr 22 20:04:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 09:55:50 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 34 Received: from BRL-SMOKE.ARPA by wiscvm.wisc.edu on 04/20/87 at 18:15:11 CDT Received: from BRL-SMOKE.ARPA by SMOKE.BRL.ARPA id aa16756; 20 Apr 87 17:41 EDT Received: from BRL-SPARK.ARPA by SMOKE.BRL.ARPA id aa16666; 20 Apr 87 17:29 EDT Received: from [128.84.248.35] by SPARK.BRL.ARPA id aa01616; 20 Apr 87 17:19 EDT Date: Mon, 20 Apr 87 17:20:00 EDT From: "Bruce P. Halpern" Received: by tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU (5.54/1.2-Cornell-Theory-Center) id AA00207; Mon, 20 Apr 87 17:20:00 EDT Message-Id: <8704202120.AA00207@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU> To: NYSOKO@weizmann.bitnet, info-apple@BRL.ARPA Subject: RE: Laser 128 software, reliability, price, etc. I. Software Most Apple ][ software will execute, including Apple Pascal 1.3, AppleWorks 1.3 and 2.0, Sensible Speller, Bookends Extended, etc. SuperMacroworks per se would not execute, but AppleWorks 2.0 modified with SuperMacroWorks did work o.k. II. Reliability We had an early external disk/controller problem, probably caused by plugging in the disk when the Laser 128 power was on. Central Point fixed it **UNDER WARANTEE**, and had it back to us in a week. III. Prices Without a monitor or external drive, about $380 to $400, plus shipping. Note that internal memory expansion to 640 K is now available for <$200. IV. Our experience has been quite positive. We use it to run an experiment, A/D input from the Joystick port, and collect the data on disk, several hours a day. It has been very satisfactory for this purpose. Bruce P. Halpern Psychology and Neurobiology and Behavior Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853-7601 USA halp@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu halp@CRNLTHRY.BITNET D57J@CORNELLA.BITNET