Re: New IIgs Accelerator.... Wow!

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On May 14, 8:59 am, "bill.mart...@gmail.com" <bill.mart...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On May 14, 9:57 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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> > On May 14, 4:32 am, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On 14 May, 07:28, mojoehand <mojoeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On May 13, 11:34 pm, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > Fresh from A2Central, a new IIgs accelerator has been announced:http://www.gsbarndoor.com/
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> > > > > All I can say is "Wow!" and that I hope this isn't vaporware...
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> > > > > If it isn't vaporware, sign me up NOW!  :-)
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> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Mike
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> > > > I might believe it a bit more if he had at least posted a picture,
> > > > instead of just the cutesy phrases. I guess we'll see later this year.
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> > > I agree... even if things are really early stages it would be nice to
> > > see how things are going and would make for very interesting reading
> > > (even if it was just breadboard stage), especially such a hot topic as
> > > a GS Accelerator.
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> > More than 30MHz?  "Seemless" "Streamline design" "It's a
> > bird....No...It's a Plane.....NO!!>....It's...."
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> > I sense this team missing April 1 by a month and a half.  Engineering
> > samples or it didn't happen.
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> I sense that the fact that I wasnt even allowed to post anything about
> the project until today in spite of it being ongoing for several
> months means they wont release anything until the project is released
> to beta testers.

*Cough* Avatar *cough* TurboRez

> Not my project so I dont have any details other than
> what I have been given to post.

True enough.  And you've been "given" exactly, and only, what's on the
website.

> But keep in mind, not every project is community or open source.

Exactly my point... no point in saying *anything* until hardware is in
hand, especially if you're not collaborating.  There's plenty of vapor
trails already in the annals of c.s.a2...