Rrhoton wrote:
> I seem to have come upon one of these units...looks like a SCSI==>Video. > Any information about this one? TIA Yes, but only because I used to work for that company, too. The product was released and discontinued very quickly (probably in about 1992) due to a nasty, never-fixed bug which could permanently ruin the SCSI HD of the PowerBook to which it was attacked. Whoops -- Fruedian slip -- I meant "attached," but the result did make one feel somehow attacked. The bug was observed once before shipment in the SuperMac video test lab, but the tester, Loren Luke, could never recreate it. SuperMac Marketing decided to ship he product anyway. Shortly after they did so, the user complaints (and threats of legal action) started coming in. The product died a quick, shameful death, and thousands of them were literally dumped into landfills. Radius had a similar product in the same timeframe, called the PowerView, I think, which did not suffer from this problem. (Interestingly, Loren was also directly involved in the urban tech legend about the government of Trinidad being overthrown because someone couldn't get around the password of SuperMac's security software, Sentinel. The legend is strongly based on fact, but the exagerated version that has been circulating on the net for years -- as well as a lengthy refutation of it on an anti-hoax site somewhere -- are both riddled with innacuracies and misstatements.) No connection whatsoever to the SuperMac computers, other than the name. End of history lesson. Hope it's been informative. -Kennedy Brandt http://home.earthlink.net/~supermac_insider/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
