unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (11/17/90)
In <9011161658.AA00482@apple.com> MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes: >So, I brought a copy of the FTA demos and a self running disk of 3200 color >pictures on the only GS with a color monitor. I walked down the hall to >go to the bathroom. When I came back, there was a CROWD of at least 15-20 >people standing around watching! :) Did my heart good! That same idea is probably what I'm gonna do... I want to try to become a consultant next quarter (person who runs the lab and hands out disks in exchange for ID cards, etc)... I want to be a consultant in this one lab where they have like 6-8 GSes that were with the econ department but moved to my college (residential college of the same University).. The GSes are -UNUSED-. I think they're probably ROM 0s. If I can try to get them upgraded, then I'll probably put Nucleus and other demos in 'em to show people how damn cool the GS (and programs on it) is. -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ \"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (11/18/90)
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > The GSes are -UNUSED-. I think they're probably ROM 0s. If I can >try to get them upgraded, then I'll probably put Nucleus and other demos in >'em to show people how damn cool the GS (and programs on it) is. I'm all for it, but BE REALISTIC. A lot of people are going to be looking for stuff that you won't be able to find for the GS. Don't expect people to run out and use the GS just because it can run cool demos. What I'm saying is, don't force the GS on people who would really be happier with a Mac. Be an honest 'salesman' and they will have a lot more respect for you and for the computer you're mr. expert on. Don't make the same mistake our campus Amiga geeks make. One of them spent twenty minutes trying to convince me that the Mac IIfx was a piece of junk because it didn't go at 50 mhz instead of 40. He also tried to convince me that the Apple ][ had screwed up video buffer memory mapping because Woz wanted to save two nand gates. In both cases, his claims were wrong for reasons that he didn't bother to understand, even after I explained them... Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
dgs@dvncnms.Devoncnms.Unisys.COM (Dave G. Sokolowsky) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Nov17.234255.10882@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > >What I'm saying is, don't force the GS on people who would really be happier >with a Mac. Be an honest 'salesman' and they will have a lot more respect for >you and for the computer you're mr. expert on. I can agree with this. I know at least one teacher and her husband, that's me, who were sold the Apple II line because "that's what's in the schools". The cost of the Apple and lack of support far outweighed any advantage (don't recall seeing any) of having the same thing the school had. ____ Dave Sokolowsky | UUCP: uunet!cbmvax!gvlv2!tredysvr!dvnspc1!dvncnms!dgs Unisys Corp. | Wayne PA 19087 | Internet: dgs@dvncnms.devoncnms.Unisys.COM USA (215) 341-1323 |