wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (11/20/86)
Hi, I've been hearing that there are some pretty big problems with quality control on the GS in the LSI chips. There is a local computer chain here with 9 stores. They tried to get GSs, but Apple would only promise demo machines. When the machines arrived they got 7 rather than the promised 9. Of the 7 that showed up, 5 machines were DOAs. So far, they haven't gotten any machines to give out to their customers. The above was claimed by the store's rep at a graphics trade show. You can take it or leave-it as the truth. This store has a tendency to steer people to the Mac, so he might have been lieing 'cause he thot he could sell a Mac right there on the spot and go eat dinner on the commission he made. On "The Computer Show", chan 18, San Diego, they ran a news story quoting from NewsBytes on The Source that Apple might ship as few as 5000 units of the GS before the end of the year. They claimed that the problem is with the Ensoniq sound chip. Please don't get me wrong. I am not anti GS. I'd very much like to have one, if any of the [presumably few] working ones make it over here to the outback in Ohio. --Bill Bill Mayhew Division of Basic Medical Sciences Northeastern Ohio Universites' College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272 USA phone: 216-325-2511 (...!cbatt!neoucom!wtm or just plain wtm@neoucom.UUCP)
daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (11/25/86)
> On "The Computer Show", chan 18, San Diego, they ran a news story > quoting from NewsBytes on The Source that Apple might ship as few > as 5000 units of the GS before the end of the year. They claimed > that the problem is with the Ensoniq sound chip. > > --Bill Is it possibly the Apple chip(s) that are the trouble, not the Ensoniq? My reason for asking is that this is supposedly the same chip that's in the Ensoniq Mirage I Syntheziser that's been out for some time now. Maybe its just that Ensoniq won't give Apple as many chips as they want, but it sounds fishy that a chip currently in some kind of full production would be the delaying factor over something just being ramped up for production. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh "Laws to supress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history have based their job security." -Bene Gesserit Coda These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they may be yours too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~