Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!sdcsvax!ucsd!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: P-Systems Message-ID: <8905281406.aa11071@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 May 89 19:01:57 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 >I think that P-systems would be a good idea for the non-IIgs IIs, since >it is the easiest way to develop on a II, and such a similar system exists. When I bought my //e (1983) I also bought a (then brandy new) program named the Incredible Jack (the name had good marketing value anyway) which (I found out later) was developed under the p-system (with encouragement from Apple). It would have been a nice piece of software if it wasn't so SLLLLOOOOoooowwww. Later, I bought an early version of ThinkTank (even better idea but also incredibly SLLLLLOOOOoooooowwww). The ThinkTank IS pretty good on an older Apple 2 with a hard disk and an accelerator (Transwarp, ZipChip, Rocket Chip, etc.). The makers of the Incredible Jack went bankrupt and ThinkTank got bought by someone else (after succeeding on the IBM-PC and the Mac). In short, I'm not impressed by p-system software. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)