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From: AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple IIgs future
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Date: 30 Jan 89 00:04:08 GMT
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>Date:         Sun, 29 Jan 89 14:05:21 CST
>From:         "Jeremy G. Mereness" <jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Apple VS IBM

>I have got to agree with this article. I have been seeking to
>purchase a computer for some time now, and I need a package that is
>fast, programmable, has a large software base, and has enough
>flexibility that it will grow with my needs. And my budget is
>limited, so don't recommend a Mac // w/a 60 meg hard drive.

Stick with the GS.  Get a Transwarp from AE.

>[...] And the promise of reading Mac disks and Appletalk
>compatibility (for FTP, Appleshare, etc) remain unfulfilled.

System Disk 3.2 is compatible with AppleShare.  It works--I've used
it.  Documentation on AppleTalk documentation is available from APDA.

Apple doesn't generally announce things--like HFS File System
Translators--for GS/OS before they're ready to release them.  But I
bet they're making good progress--why would they have bothered
designing FSTs into GS/OS if they weren't going to have one?
Releasing an FST that was not completely bug-free would be a big
mistake.

>Die hard enthususiasts have made the Amiga and AtariST increasingly
>popular and powerful computers, both reasonably priced, too.
>Meanwhile, the GS remains unexploited... even the Ensoniq sound chip
>has been wasted; that thing can sound like the best $2000
>synthesizers yet I've heard better stuff on a Amiga.

Have you used Diversi-Tune by Bill Basham of Diversified Software
Research?

>Before I buy a used gs, I MUST have some confirmation that the
>Manufacturer intends to support its product. I don't have the money
>to get hustled by a corporate giant that cares nothing for its
>public.

GS/OS doesn't convince you they're putting a lot of work into the
GS?  GS/OS's awesomeness is not apparent to everybody yet, but that
won't last long.

What do you want them to do?  For the first years of its life, the
Mac didn't even have an OS that supported subdirectories (although
it looked like it did from the Finder only).  The GS works with
existing Apple II software and now has an almost fully mature
operating system (resource manager coming to multiply the fun and
flexibility of programming the GS by a large positive number!).

>jeremy mereness
>jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu

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