Re: Mark Twain / ROM4

[Joe Kohn <joko@foxvalley.net>]

And, here's another blurb from 1996 talking about the video demonstration
of the Mark Twain...
 
In mid-June, 1996, the GravenStein Apple User Group hosted a
demonstration of the Mark Twain IIGS (aka, the ROM4) prototype computer.
The event was captured on videotape, and it is that 96 minute VHS video
that I could have transfered to DVD if there's any interest.
 
The video is hosted by me (Joe Kohn), the then Vice President of
GravenStein.
 
Since the video is about a computer that doesn't officially exist, it
seemed appropriate at the time to use that non-existant computer to show
off some non-existant IIGS software...such as Brutal Deluxe's System
6.0.2 and Wolfenstein 3-D.
 
System 6.0.2 was supplied by Brutal Deluxe and Wolf 3-D was supplied by
the author of the program. The Wolf 3-D Easter Eggs, of course, were
supplied by Burger Bill Heineman. The Mark Twain was supplied by Joe
Kohn. Heckling was supplied by The Lovely Shiva ;-)
 
In many ways, the video parallels the article about the Mark Twain that
was just posted to csa2. Actually, I think you can say that the article
served as an informal script for the video.
 
Previously, the video was available for $20 as a fund raiser for the
GravenStein Apple IIGS User Group, but has been unavailable for years.

Joe Kohn