Mark Twain Video

[joko@crl.com (Joe Kohn)]

A few months ago, I gave a presentation at the GravenStein Apple User
Group about the Mark Twain IIGS Prototype computer. The proceedings
were videotaped.

I finally got a chance to view the (approximately) 90 minute video,
and it came out fine. Sort of. I'm not a professional speaker or
actor and the person shooting the video is just a video hobbyist, so
it's certainly not in the same league, quality wise, as some of
Apple's professionally produced videos. [To come up with an apt
analogy, Apple's videos are on a par with "Star Wars", and the GSAUG
video is on a par with "Plan 9 From Outer Space" ;-) ]

But, the video does provide a close-up of the Mark Twain computer.
For some reason, the tape stops before we had a chance to completely
disassemble the computer, as we did that day. I guess you could think
of the video as a Semi-Guided Tour Of The Computer That Could Have
Changed The World (tm). Additional segments of the tape show a
pre-release version of Wolfenstein 3-D and System 6.0.2.

A video will be available, at some point in the near-future, from the
GravenStein Apple User Group. The projected price for the video is
$20, although that could change. All proceeds from the sale of the
video will go to the treasury of the GravenStein Apple User Group.

For details (as they become known), about the video or general
information about the GravenStein Apple User Group, come visit the
GravenStein home page on the world wide web at:

http://www.crl.com/~mpearce/GSAUG/Apple.html

Joe Kohn
Vice-President, GravenStein Apple User Group