jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") (11/21/88)
Last sunday, the local Pittsburgh PBS station aired an edition of the Computer Chronicles that featured the Apple ][. Notably they were discussing the //c and GS/OS. A little behind the times, perhaps, but this program usually focuses on the latest PC hardware and all types of office stuff. It was pretty heartening that they said something about the //. Further, in an interview with John Sculley, John said that the // would continue to play a prominent role because he recognizes that a great number of users still like to "get right down to the bare chips." It's a pity that there wasn't a GS plus to show off for the viewers, but I find this encouraging anyway, esp. because Sculley seems to recognize that there are still // users out there, many using GS's and //e's to keep their businesses going (he talked about this). But I am happiest that he mentioned that the // is a machine that is designed to be open and hackable. Capt. Albatross jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu
lm03_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss) (11/22/88)
In article <UXVsW9y00WAB40rkQP@andrew.cmu.edu> jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") writes: >It's a pity that there wasn't a GS plus to show off for the viewers, but >I find this encouraging anyway, esp. because Sculley seems to recognize that >there are still // users out there, many using GS's and //e's to keep their >businesses going (he talked about this). But I am happiest that he mentioned >that the // is a machine that is designed to be open and hackable. > >Capt. Albatross >jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu I recently saw a medical research lab being run off of a //e. I never saw such a full machine before. They just found it easier to add new equipment all the time than to completely replace what they had. To all those that were talking about a gs specific group: You don't have to worry. They ain't gettin' rid of us II+ and IIe users for a while.