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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Any sign of release 6.0?
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Date: 16 Feb 90 20:10:12 GMT
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On Thu, 15 Feb 90 23:13:00 EST you said:
>Is there any new word on release 6.0?  Or was it all real vaporware?
>I'm about to break down and call APDA and buy the GSOS and Tools 3
>volumes, but I'm in no hurry so would hate to spend the money and find
>out a month from now that they have been superseded by what ever comes
>out with 6.0

I've had reports about System 6.0 from several sources (including this
month's Scarlett -- the Big Red Computer Club newsletter).  It's for
real, but with the present turmoil in Apple's executive suite, probably
even our friends at DTS don't know when to expect an announcement (Apple may
well wish to put out other new goodies such as the new SCSI card) along
with System Disk 6.0.

The most recent thing I've heard is that there are MORE substantive changes
from 5.0 to 6.0 than there were from 4.0 to 5.0.  Improvements are said to
be truly impressive (actually the exact representation was somewhat more
colorful having to do with applying shoe leather to anatomical structure ;-)

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