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Re: Second Sight....

In article <3pplvg$d0g@nuscc.nus.sg>, ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) wrote:

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> * New GNO with window manager

yah. me too.

> * New TCP/IP utilities like Mosaic GS

well, me too - but there is persistent rumor that work on the TCP/IP suite
for GNO/ME is in beta...Netscape/Mosaic/whatever is sure to follow.

> * New Switch It or The Manager

Not all that important to me...but I have special circumstances -if I need
to run another GS/OS program, I just change keyboards...

> * New telecomm program with VT-100 support

ANSIterm is already pretty good at VT-100, and I'm told Mr Parkhurst is
looking at making it SS aware.

> * New arcade game

why bother?

> * New word processor or spreadsheet

Again - why design a special app for SS? 

> * New utility to patch Finder or desktop

Patch the QuickDraw routines to make the entire machine SS aare and those
specialized apps are not required.  OK, so it's not trivial, but then,
nither was finding a way to put 3200 graphics on the IIGS, or GNO/ME,
or....

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