Little BITS
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1990 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o The April GS SIG consisted of our second major MIDI demonstration. This was given by Howard Porter with his Yamaha DX7 and a review copy of Master Tracks PRO software from Passport Design (available locally from Two Series Software). Howard went through several ways of recording a piece to show off the features of the software.
o The April Apple // main meeting consisted of demonstration of various AUG library disks and ProSEL 16. Jeff Sherman unfortunately was unable to attend. We hope to see him next month.
o A new magazine for the GS has hit the stands. It is called GS+ and is a Bi-monthly production of Ego Systems, P.O. Box 15366, Chatanooga Tenn. 37415-0366. The subscription rate is US$15/year, or US$35 with a disk which includes GS source code.
o An AUG member recently ordered his Transwarp GS from AE in the states via phone at 2am Friday morning. He received it the following Tuesday at 9am. Is this a record?
o While ordering the Transwarp, he asked about the 10mhz version. Apparently, AE can not presently get the chips, so Transwarps ship with 7mhz. For those
who still have a 6.2mhz Transwarp, the 7mhz upgrade is now readily available.
o I ordered Merlin 8/16 from Programs Plus by phone and received it within 2 weeks. It cost me ~$127, including postage, which is about $60 cheaper than the current Techflow RRP. I was very happy with the service I received on the phone and the packaging was excellent. If the price here is unreasonable, then I can personally recommend Programs Plus as a viable alternative.
o Apparently an unknown party has been importing Taiwanese hard drive mechanisms with Quantum stickers on them. Be careful!
o There was a rumour going around that the Maestro v32 modem would be released soon. I had not heard anything about this modem since it was initially announced and withdrawn, because of chip supply problems, a year ago. Since I was interested in finding out more, I rang Maestro directly to find out the latest. Maestro have no more chip supply problems and they are currently building v32s. Back orders are expected to be filled from the beginning of May and distributors should have stock by the end of May. The Maestro v32 is a 9600bd modem which will retail for $995. This may be twice the price of a 2400bd modem (e.g. the ZXR - Maestro's best seller) but it is half the cost of Netcomm's M5 9600bd modem.
o For those interested in learning more about hypermedia, specifically, "HyperStudio" for the GS, there is a new magazine being published in the US. Apparently Hyperstudio stacks are also available. You can find out more by writing to Hyperlearning Network, Box 103 Blawenburg NJ 08504

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