Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: new apple IIs...
Message-ID: <1990Dec1.042157.23102@utstat.uucp>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 04:21:57 GMT
References: <att!oucsace!bchurch@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU> <9011301912.AA13533@apple.com>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <9011301912.AA13533@apple.com> $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) writes:

[lot's of stuff deleted..]

>What is this obsession over a "cheap GS clone." Is this what people really
>want? If I were John Sculley, I wouldn't try to market the GS. Why make
>yourself look like a fool. The GS is so far out of the mainstream (technology
>wise) that I'd be embarassed to market such a machine. (Of course, Who's
>fault is that??) When you look at the machines put out by competing companies,
>the GS looks like a joke. It's only redeeming features are it's Apple II
>heritage and the Ensoniq (which is quickly becoming a moot point at the hands
>of PC sound cards like the Roland LAPC-1).

This is just a bunch of nonsense. I happen to use a NeXT, Mac, and X-terminal
at one of my offices. I've used the PS/2's extensively. The Roland card is
indeed a very nice OPTIONAL card for non MCA PC's. It costs nearly as much 
as the GS cpu. 

I would not be embarassed to market the GS( which I use at my other office)
and I resent people who keep being impressed by the quick pace of hardware
while putting down those of us who don't care to be in the upgrade race. Get
your facts straight. The PC running MS-DOS is hardly at the leading edge and
neither is a MacII().

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]

