Re: WOW. You guys are ... all HAMMACK-HEADS

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960303122057.5306D-100000@turing.uncg.edu>,
: Chuck Juhasz <cajuhasz@hamlet.uncg.edu> writes:

: >
: >Is the Apple ][gs anything like my IIGS, or was it some kind of hybrid 
: >between the ][ and GS? ;) Just wondering.
: >
: >

:     They all refer to the same computer. The plethora of designations
: comes partly from the original name logo. It shows "IIGS" with the "GS" in
: smaller caps than the "II". Since, in normal text, there is no convenient
: way to shift font size, most writers use "IIgs" to make it clear that the
: computer is the GS edition of the Apple II series. When the context is
: such that everyone knows you are talking about Apple II stuff, then "GS"
: is equivalent to "IIgs".

Not to mention that the use of "][" is an anachronism that goes all the
way back to the original Apple ][ and Apple ][+.  Although the original
unenhanced //e's said "//e" on the case, but "Apple ][" on the splash
screen.  The enhanced ][e's  say "Apple //e" on the splash screen, and the
][c's all say "//c".  I think the slashes might be a bit ominous
considering that the ill-fated Apple /// was written "Apple ///" instead
of "Apple ]I["...

8-)

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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