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Happy 10th Birthday IIGS - from all of us!
Posted on 9/15/96 @ 11:55PM (PDT)
As usual, I got back from my other weekend non-computer obligation, just in time to get this
'BIG 10th Happy Birthday Project - Group Greeting posted before your 10th Birthday ended!
Wanting to do so much, with so little time to do it for the Apple IIGS' 10th Birthday, I sent
out a request to many at the start of the week. Below are the individuals - collective 'Group
Greetings' sent for me to post for the best Apple II computer model ever made - (IMHO). See my
own personal, 1WSW and US-A2WUG group and member greetings at the bottom of the individuals -
collective 'Group Greetings'
Cheers
Tom
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From: l.middleton3@genie.com
The Apple IIgs, 10 years old and still kicking butt! Let's face it the GS is the master of its
domain. How many computer today will still be around in 10 years? Hardly any!
While it can't do what some of the others can, we users still manage to get by. We can do more
now than we could possibly dreamed of in the mid to late '80s. Not bad for a machine that
should have dropped off the planet 4 or 5 years ago.
Happy B-day IIgs!
Andy
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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:38:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill <billtr@sunspot.tiac.net>
Happy 10th Birthday Apple IIGS!!!! (And many, many more!). The father of the MAC and still a
workhorse. "You've been like a son to me" Keep on computing!!!!!
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From: stephen e buggie <buggie@unm.edu>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IIGS!
When I began with my IIe (July 1990), I expected that it would be 2000 or so before I could
afford a real IIgs, but now I have two IIgs ROM 01, and even, this year, a ROM 03! At KFest
this year I was self-actualized to see, with my own two eyes, the legendary Rom 04 "Mark Twain"
and the GUS IIgs emulator. Happy birthday ---- many more years of life left in the great IIgs!
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From: Daniel Webster <dwebster@monmouth.com>
Add my voice to those wishing the Apple ][GS a very happy 10th Birthday. Over the last ten
years I've owned a ][C, ][e, Several powerbooks, a couple of desktop Macs and half a dozen PC
clones. As I'm buying and selling to keep up with the latest hardware one thing stays constant;
The original GS that I bought in 1988. Here's to a great ten years, and many happy returns.
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From: Dark_Dude@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org (Dark_Dude)
Dear Apple IIgs:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you-ou,
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!
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From: Edhel Iaur <drsmooth@relex.com>
Here's to another slew of decennial anniversaries for the computer that lives in our hearts and
on our desks from now, until about 37 days after the end of time.
Happy birthday, IIGS!!
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From: aw133@lafn.org (James Poore)
Happy Birthday Apple IIgs. Maybe as you get older the gs in IIgs will get bigger!
Jim Poore
Satisfied Apple IIgs User :)
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From: jtollison@emeraldis.com (John Tollison)
Greeting and a happy 10th from John Tollison. To the computer that was so ahead of its time
that the world didn't know what to do with it.
John Tollison
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From: "Kevin M. Hebert" <kmhebert@seas.gwu.edu>
Happy Birthday, Apple IIgs! It's hard to believe it's already been a decade. While so many
other computers have come onto the scene, been in the spotlight, and then faded into
obselesence, you have remained as an example of what a computer should be. Congratulations, and
here's to ten more years!
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From: cassidy@elvis.rowan.edu (Kyle Cassidy)
Dear GS,
It's rare to find a computer that's still usable after ten years. You're still a pretty sharp
looking box. Happy Birthday! -- kyle
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From: Lane Roathe <lroathe@ifd.com>
Yes, boys and girls, gents and ladies, it time to take a moment and reflect. It's
been ten (can you believe, only ten!) years since the Apple IIgs was introduced.
Do you remember where you were? I do; I was visiting a local computer store I
used to work at during their "Invitation Only" special unveiling! People there
had a _very_ hard time believing that there was not a VCR and/or stereo
underneath the GS!
At that point, I was a Certified Apple Developer and knew my calling. Not long
after that I helped start the UpTime GS disk monthly, and about a year later the
Softdisk GS disk monthly. Those were good times, and I miss programming the GS, I
_really_ miss GS/OS, but the thing I miss most is the comradery of the GS world.
And Kansas-Fest! (Frisbee anyone? What ya' mean we can't play in the tunnels
anymore?)
Well, Happy Birthday Mr. IIgs! And, thank you very much Woz for making not only
the IIgs possible, but for making so many parts of my life possible as well!
Oh, by the way, I worked hard to get a fair amount of my Apple IIgs stuff on the
web for this event; check it out at <http://www.ifd.com/gs>.
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From: Mike Trusiewicz <mike_trz@snet.net>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY APPLE IIGS! You're such a marvel .... no crashes, no lockups, no
frozen pointers .... and you go on year after year with nary a repair.... if only
the IBM and the Macintosh could be so dependable!!!
----Mike Trusiewicz, Textbook/Software Publishing
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From: Margaret Tannenbaum <tannenba@jupiter.rowan.edu>
I OWE YOU BIG
Margaret D. Tannenbaum
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From: ug0a@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
Here are our GS birthday wishes:
>>>"Congratulations, lonely knight!"
-- Ninjaforce / Germany
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From: norman.dodge@techall.wa.com
Organization: TechAlliance
Yes I have owned my GS for all these many years and it has served me faithfully.
I just wish that The Apple Computer company had not abandoned the Apple II. I
also realize that in order to survive the company had to move on to bigger and
better things.
Ten years ago we could not do with this machine as we do today. The operating
system has been updated and many of the outstanding problems with it have been
fixed. Apple gave us the tools and said do it for yourselves. Glen Bredon, Mike
Westerfield, Steve Buggie, Tom Larson, Eric Sheppard, Nathan Mates, Gary Little,
Andy Nicholas, David Tribby, Joseph Wankerl, Steven DisBrow, David Empson, Joe
Kohn are the people responsible for helping to make our Ten Year Old machine live
today.
It is truely a great machine and deserves to be treated kindly. Let's all pull
together and make the next 10 years just as memorable.
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From: Petar E. Puskarich <ppuskari@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Happy Birthday Ole'timer!!! 10 years and your original Rom 0, Woz, battery keeps
going and going......
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From: pkasting@juno.com (Peter A Kasting)
Happy 10th Birthday IIGS! Hoping for ten more fun years from the best Apple II
ever! Also, a big thanks to everyone who worked on or wrote programs for the
IIGS! Let's keep supporting it as long as we can!
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From: rolbra@nether.net
"The Apple IIgs really got me into computers. Although I primarily use a Mac now,
there were many really cool things about the IIgs, for example, Applesoft BASIC.
And yes, I still have my IIgs! Happy Birthday, Apple IIgs!"
Rolf Braun - e-mail: rolbra@nether.net / , _/ _ \/ / _/ - The
One and Only Programmer for Sassy Software /_/|_|\___/_/_/ - WWW Page:
http://www.nether.net/~rolbra/
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From: RUBYWAND@aol.com
Happy Birthday, IIgs!
Run Long
&
Prosper!!!
Your pal,
Rubywand
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From: "misty@idirect.com"<misty@idirect.com>
Happy 10th anniversary to the Apple IIgs. With a few modifications and upgrades
it would still be one of the finest computers in the world. It is indeed sad that
Apple, in their infinite wisdom relied on the advice of a Pepsi salesman to
discontinue the Apple II - very system that put Apple on the map in the first
place. LONG LIVE THE IIGS!!!!!
___
(___ id
___)tulberg
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From: Wendy.Russell@schools.ncl.ac.uk
X-Sender: zwruss@zeno.ncl.ac.uk
Hello Tom!
Have a storming b-day IIGS-don't go overboard on celebratory discs!
luv
w
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Well, that it from all the individual - collective 'Group Greetings' for the IIGS'
10th Birthday! If any belated or late replies do come in to me by email, I'll be sure
to post them - as soon as they arrive! My very special thanks to all of the above for
sending me there greetings to post.
Now, for my personal greetings and best wishes to the IIGS on it's 10th Birthday:
Of all the computers I've ever used (and I've used a lot of them) the IIGS is the
VERY BEST! It fun and easy to use. It really has come a long way during these past
10 years and has so many goodies for it now, (software & hardware) that nobody could
have conceived it could handle and perform so well with, when it first arrived on
the Apple II scene in 1986.It's given me a lot of pleasure over the past 10 years
that I've owned it and had the pleasure of using it, with so many varied needs.
The GS has some amazing abilities - yet to be presented to the users. I sure hope I
can help bring them to everybody during the next few years that I'm able to. It's
still got a great deal to offer everybody and even if nobody is making it any more,
it's still got more life left in it and still loved and used by more people than
anybody could possibly imagine. I don't think I could name any other computer that
has been around this long, that still has this much going for it on a commercial
basis of development, with so many labor-of-love development and with so many happy
users. I fully expect to be able to wish the Apple IIGS a 'Happy 20th Birthday'
(if I'm still around to do it). The best is YET to come for it!
Thanks for all the joy, good times and great memories you given me IIGS. You're
the greatest!
Cheers to the IIGS,
Tom
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Now for the 1WSW Group greetings - short, sweet and simple:
I'm sure all of the team members, Friends & associates listed in the html document
and URL listed below feel the same about it as I do!
SEE: http://wco.com/~3d5d1wsw/team.html
Cheers & Thanks - IIGS, for a -FUN- 10 years of computing - from all of us!
Charles T. Turley
Cofounder & Exec. Coordinator - 1WSW
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And, last but not least comes the special announcement of the founding of US-A2WUG,
(Unity Services - Apple II Worldwide User Group), it purpose, general outline and
information concerning membership,future plans, etc. - with a 'Big Happy 10th
Birthday Greeting & Best Wishes for another 10 years to come, from all of our
Founding & Charter Members as listed below - to the Apple IIGS!
Steve Wozniak - Founding Good Will Group Ambassador - (Honorary - Title)
Charles Turley - Founding Group Ambassador, Coordinator & Webmaster
Founding Charter Members;
Richard T. Kilpatrick - UK
Tony Morales - USA
Steve Nelson - USA
Ralph Searl - Canada
Will Baguhn - USA
Jeff Hurlburt - USA
Donald Pattee Jr. - USA
Joshua M. Thompson - USA
Adrian Vance - USA
Peter Kasting - USA
Matt Portune - USA
Michael Guitton - France
Edhel Laur - USA
Dr. Hank Levinson. - USA
Dr. Atsuhiro Suzuki - Japan
Helen Cooper - USA
Doede Boomsma - The Netherlands
Sam Ismail - USA
The purpose of US-A2WUG will be to foster and promote 'Good Will', contact and help
between all US-A2WUG members - to provide; assistance, referals, advise, etc.
- with respect to any and all user group member needs - including - but, not limited
to; software and hardware, programming and development. Let me make it clear that no
fees or dues of any kind or type are required or expected. Everything is to be offered
FREELY! Any related ftp sites or web sites and their software library contents are to
be accessable by all members FREELY, without restrictions. All that is expected of any
members (including Founding Charter Members) is nothing more than they care to provide
for other US-A2WUG members.
Requirements for US-A2WUG membership are simple. All any person needs to do to become
a US-A2WUG member - for life (termination per their request) is send an email request
for membership via the US-A2WUG web site and be either an owner and/or user of any
Apple II model of computer or clone.
I'm going to design and provide some form of web site cgi that will allow the members
interactive online chat and discussion with a user group meeting (the time, dates
and frequency - to be determined). The web site for US-A2WUG will be designed to
provide; links and pointers, an information bank of useful FAQ and Usenet newgroup
links, posts, etc. - to all locatable and informative Apple II related vendors, web
sites, ftp sites and any other WWW link/site that can provide useful and worthwhile
information, references and services to the members. Also to be included, will be a
WWW links page to all other known Apple II User Groups - thru-out the world.
Specific attention will be provided for the NEW Apple II computer Clone - TLC
(The Tiger Learning Computer) - licenced from Apple Computer, Inc. - with the Apple
IIe design and technology as the basis of its design - by Tiger Electronics, Inc.
- with all information on it available, when it will be released for sale to the
public and where it can be purchased, along with all software cart's that will be
available for it - with information, specs. retail pricing, data and WWW links for
the software companies that provide programs with such carts for its use.
I also plan to provide any information and WWW links for any hardware products
and/or devices that might be designed for use with it by third party developers.
(i.e. - disk drives, hard drives function enhancement cards, etc.)
Each Founding & Charter Memeber, as well as all US-A2WUG members, will be given their
own individual web page, outlining their Apple II talents and specialties that they
can offer, with personal contact information, etc. as per each persons information
furnished to me with their instructions.
The first US-A2WUG web site (not yet fully developed or designed - but available for
beta preview now) is located at the following URL.
http://www.wco/~3d5d1wsw/US-A2WUG/
I invite everybody that reads this to please visit and consider joining the US-A2WUG!
I hope to have a more informative and better developed beta update of the web site,
designed for public access within the next week or two - as best my time and abilities
allow.
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