Apple Central Expo
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1991 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
Kansafest - the rundown
The overall feelings generated by this gathering were enthusiasm and excitement. The closest we get here in Australia is the Apple Users' Group market day. Here is a brief synopsis of what was happening.
o An Apple //gs multitasking environment was announced at Kansasfest. Procyon, Inc. are currently developing "GNO" and hope for an October 1991 release date. GNO is an extension to GS/OS which enhances its functionality and provides changes to allow multitasking. GNO also keeps track of ToolBox use, to prevent concurrent programs from getting in each others' way.
GNO is compatible with the Orca development environment.GNO comes with a standard shell which mimics the operation of popular Unix shells.
GNO provides powerful communication abilities, including high-speed serial drivers, I/O redirection and true piping, as well as Inter-Process Communication (IPC).
GNO is currently available directly from Procyon, Inc. The alpha release cost is $50, and includes a free upgrade to the final version (GNO will then cost $80).
Procyon, Inc.
1005 N. Kingshighway, Suite 309
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
o RAMfast 2.01 upgrade ROMs are now available. The ROM configuration program is now mouse based.
o Seven Hills Software were showing the FormEdit equation editor which can be used with AppleWorks GS and GraphicWriter III.
o Three-Sixty Pacific were selling Dark Castle source code for $50.
o DreamWorld Software were showing off a beta version of DreamGrafix, the 3200 colour painting program for the Apple //gs.
o Mike Westerfield (Byteworks) had information on Orca 2.0
o Micol Systems have a 3.5" 1.6MB drive on the market for the Apple // family.
o Roger Wagner Publishing were debugging HyperStudio 3.0
o Other companies present included inCider/A+, LRO/New Concepts, Claris, SSSi Inc, Econ Technologies, PC Globe, Resource Central, Sunset Laboratory, ZIP Technologies and Applied Engineering. The Apple //gs Developer Technical Support team was also keeping a high profile.

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