- The Apple IIGS Megahertz Myth (userlandia.com)
There’s many legends in computer history. But a legend is nothing but a story. Someone tells it, someone else remembers it, and everybody passes it on. And the Apple IIGS has a legend all its own. Here, in Userlandia, we’re going to bust some megahertz myths.
- Starship Troopers (film) (allthetropes.org)
The Paul Verhoeven film is generally considered to be the biggest middle finger the novel will ever receive, and that is no accident. It’s a satire of militarism, the Cold War, dehumanization of the enemy, war movies, propaganda and military sci-fi in general. It originally started out as an unrelated script called Bug Hunt, before the studio acquired the rights to the novel and rewrote the script to accommodate it. The film was intentionally designed as the polar opposite of the book in terms of message, characterization, and theme—an attack on the “pro-war fascist dogma” detractors of the novel attribute to it. A fairly detailed exploration of the film’s themes can be found on The AV Club.
- Apple IIGS (Wikipedia)
The Apple IIGS (styled as IIGS) is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Computer. It is the fifth and most powerful of the Apple II family. It is compatible with earlier Apple II models, but has a Macintosh look and feel, and resolution and color similar to the Amiga and Atari ST. The “GS” in the name stands for “Graphics and Sound”, referring to its enhanced multimedia hardware, especially its state-of-the-art audio.