Re: On this day, 10 years ago...

[Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.com>]

Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>     Looking back on my own experience, I think a large part of it
> had to do with the enormous leap -- from an Apple II Plus to the IIGS.

That's right - I forgot that we share a common leap.  Going from beige
to platinum definately was a wonderous experience.  :)

> GS-specific software for the first time. :-) The Ensoniq chip was a
> real shocker at that time, don't forget things like even the lowly
> AdLib card for PC's (FM-synthesis) were still years anyway.

I remember when I first discovered the GS:  I was playing sublogic's
Flight Simulator II on my ][+ with Mimco Stick (heh that thing rocked) and
my dad brought home the next issue of Incider (not Incider/A+).  On the
cover was the Woz, standing over a GS with the King-Tut graphic on it, and
I just about freaked.  I started reading about it, and remember the chill
that ran up my spine when I saw the section on sound.  While every other
machine was boasting 4-voice, 6-voice, and *maybe* 8-voice, this "GS"
thing came flying down from the heavens, bearing 15 voices of raw synth
power.  FIFTEEN!  After I finished the article, I remember muttering to
myself "This machine isn't human."  hehehe  I think I slept with that
issue on my pillow for a year.  :)

> to replace my system under a special extended warranty, the ROM 3
> and all its replacement components came in sealed boxes. :)

hehe lucky punk.  ;)

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