AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (12/21/88)
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 88 16:08:42 CST >From: Jason Lindquist <pnet01!pnet101!pro-newfrontier!jasonl@NOSC.MIL> >Subject: GS speed >[...] I'm dumping an article I got off another board which is 85% >confirmed.... Ummm...this must be some strange usage of the word "confirmed" which I wasn't previously aware of. [Apologies to Douglas Adams.] > [...] >From ->Joe Greaves (#45) >Date ->10/15/88 06:38:25 PM > [...] I picked up this file on a bbs in the area. Its distributor >had claimed in that it was from AppleLink. I checked it and didn't >find one. While this doesn't prove it untrue, this file seems highly >suspect to me. Let me know what you think--here it comes: > >APPLE IIGS PLUS > >Copyrigh 1988, Apple Computer, Inc. That thing was apparently a 2/3-hearted attempt at writing something to look like an official Apple press release. Since I am a certified developer myself and also work part-time for another certified developer, I'm sure I would have seen at least two copies of the press release if it existed. An official press release would also have caused a lot of talk on CompuServe, GEnie, and AppleLink--Personal Edition, which I would have noticed. THERE HAS BEEN NO ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANY GS PLUS. By the way, I'm not even particularly impressed with the creative writing...there are a few subtle things in there that seem to give away the fact that it's a fake (read it carefully & see if you don't see what I mean). >O.K. There you have it....Anyone who works with apple want to >confirm it? I don't work for Apple, but I know that no Apple employee is allowed to talk about any "products which may or may not be under development" before they are officially announced. So the most they'll be able to do is confirm that there has been no official announcement. Actually, that wasn't your question, was it? You asked if any of them _wanted_ to confirm it. :-) I suspect many of them would want very much to tell us what's in store for the future of the GS if they were allowed to, but we'll just have to wait and see. It's even conceivable that some of the stuff in that pseudo-press-release is actually in the works, but as far as I know there's no solid reason to think so. >| Jason A. Lindquist | "Just like your father.... | >| UUCP: crash!pro-newfrontier!jasonl | so human." | >| ARPA: crash!pro-newfrontier!jason@ | | >| nosc.mil | "Well, Admiral, it looks like | >| INET: jasonl@pronewfrontier.cts.com | i've got all his marbles." | >| Proline: jasonl@pro-newfrontier | | --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons