Re: Photos of ROM 01 and ROM 3 motherboards and the "ROM 4"

[mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung)]

In <370B9C2E.A3E9A1F7@swbell.net>, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> writes:

>     Nice pics! Thanks for making them available.

You're welcome. I had taken the picture years ago, back when I was curious
about everything and took everything apart. Please note though, this was done
on my bed, which makes for a poor work bench. I would not recommend this
for anyone because of risk of static charge. But I was lucky and everything was
fine...

>     Evidently, there was a "Mark Twain" project at Apple in the early 1990's. At
>some point "an Apple spokesman" went so far as to make the project public at a
>users group gathering; whereupon, the project was canceled. Twenty or so Mark

[snip]

>prototypes in an attempt to convince management that a new IIgs is viable. This
>would explain the quick cancellation of the "project" once someone in the MT group
>blew it and made the effort public.

I remember that there was supposed to be an annoucement (rumor only on CSA2)
about the "ROM 4" GS on some satelite broadcast from Apple circa 1995. The rumor
after that was that some execs at Apple found out about it and quashed it. The
rumor was that the prototype was finished and was ready to be manufactured.

This is what I remembered anyways. I wonder if Chris Carter would be interested
in investigating this conspiricy...

X-Files II: Fight the beauacacy; Apple II Resurrection!

"Mulder?..."

"Not now Scully, I'm playing Wolfenstein 3D on my GS!"

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