BHUBER@ECLA.USC.EDU (08/12/87)
Following is text of postcard received from Apple in today's mail: quote: Dear Apple IIGS Owner: Apple is pleased to extend to you a free chip upgrade that will enhance the performance of your Apple IIGS personal computer. The Video Graphics Controller (VGC) chip -- which generates the video output for your Apple IIGS -- may occasionally produce some flickering and pink tones when black-and-white programs are displayed on a color monitor in double-high- resolution mode. Also, some rarely used color combinations may cause characters to flicker in the standard text mode. Although you may have never noticed these minor problems, Apple would like to correct them for you, free of charge. Simiply take your Apple IIGS to any authorized Apple dealer. He or she will replace the old VGC chip with a new chip that resolves these problems. And, for any inconvenience you may have experienced, your Apple dealer will also install, at no charge, a new, enhanced version of the Apple IIGS ROM chip. We hope you will enjoy your free Apple IIGS upgrades. Sincerely, Apple Computer. unquote The card was mailed first class (22 cents postage) on August 7 from Cupertino.