Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU (06/06/90)
I just got home from the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Chicago this afternoon and came across this piece of electronic mail: > Well, Origin sent me an answer to the letter I snailed asking for > support of the Apple ][ line of computers for Ultima VI. I got a form > letter which seems to have been written in response to the Apple ][ > letter writing campaign. One sentence is "Your astounding letters are > the supreme weapon for conquering the most fiendish foe of all: 'lack of > vision and knowledge.'" The use of the plural form, and that quote which > was definitely not in my letter suggest that they have seen quite a few > Apple ][ owners sending letters. > More encouraging than this letter was the product catalog they sent > along in the envelope. A chart inside shows availability of Origin > programs for various machines. There are four different entries in the > table. 1) The price of the product 2) Fall 1990 3) Future 4) Shaded > box. Ultima VI has the following entries for the various machines: > IBM-PC: $69.95 > ][+ ][e ][c ][c+ ][GS: Future > C64 C128: Fall 1990 > 512 512E Plus SE Mac ][: Shaded box > Amiga 500 1000 2000: Fall 1990 > Atari 520ST 1040ST: Shaded box Well, I'll spice it up somewhat. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Richard Garriot (aka Lord British) this morning at the Origin booth. I started to complain vociferously about the lack of support for the Apple ][ market, but he cut me off. "We've decided to do a version for the Apple." He couldn't tell me when it would come since they're only in the planning stages (i.e. no code yet). It will be a port. The first decision they have to make is whether it will be an 8 bit port from the Commodore 64 or a 16 bit port from the IBM. Note: the former would run across the ][ line while the latter would be GS-only. > So, it looks like we might get Ultima VI for the ][ line eventually, > but certainly not before the fall of this year. > Keep the letters going to Origin. Don't let them forget that there's > a real market for Ultima VI on the ][ series. After all, Akalabeth began > on the Apple ][, it would be a shame for the descendents of Akalabeth to > ignore the Apple ][. He told me that the decision would be dictated by economic factors. So, GS people, if you want your own version, yell extra loudly. > -- > Christopher Neufeld....Just a graduate student | He's the kind of person > neufeld@helios.physics.utoronto.ca | who'd follow you into a > cneufeld@pro-generic.cts.com Ad astra! | revolving door and come > "Don't edit reality for the sake of simplicity" | out first. On an unrelated note, I also met Wayne Green, currently publisher of CD Review, but known to many of us as the creator of Byte and 80 Micro. I bought his new Scott Joplin CD he's been pushing to support "starving young artists" and "starving old publishers." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd A. Bakal All snappy sayings aside, U of M Apple User's Group !Index will be updated Ann Arbor, Michigan ASAP or my name's not... Internet: Tabakal@ub.cc.umich.edu FTP: ummts.cc.umich.edu Tab@terminator.cc.umich.edu 35.1.1.43 (PC5:) UUCP: ...!uunet!ub.cc.umich.edu!tabakal BITnet: Tabakal@UMICHUB