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From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New IIgs PRESS RELEASE!!!
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Date: 15 Aug 89 22:22:32 GMT
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In-reply-to: rewing@APPLE.COM's message of 15 Aug 89 13:30:28 GMT


OK, so Apple's finally announced it.  Notice that it's NOT the GS+ (anyone
caught using that terminology for the new machine will be flogged with a
wet noodle :-).  For want of any better name, call it the ROM 3 GS.

A couple of early complaints about the new ROM stuff.  The sticky shift key
can be nice *sometimes*, but there's no visual indicator like on the Mac (a
tiny icon in the upper right hand corner).

The faster mouse is definitely nice, but it gets too fast for its own good
sometimes: you can move it fast enough that the movement delta changes sign
(my guess) and the mouse moves backwards.

Finally, the new GS/OS & tools is good, but this bonus will atrophy with time
as newer systems come out with RAM patches (& don't tell me there're no
bugs in the ROM.  I know better than that :-)

Still, it's a general step in the right direction.

Scott Lindsey     |"Cold and misty morning. I heard a warning borne in the air
Claris Corp.      |    About an age of power when no one had an hour to spare"
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