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  Richard Smyth's Biography

  Richard Smyth is a poet, philosopher, and educator who earned his Ph.D in English from the University of Florida in 1994 and has taught about technology and literature to students of all levels. His hypertext work Genetis: A Rhizography was published by Eastgate Systems, Inc. in 1996, and since then he has continued to teach about and investigate technology as a means of self-expression. Smyth currently works as a Technology teacher in Massachusetts.
   

  Versions of Genetis: A Rhizography
  
  ✭Version 1.0 Beta Version
  1.1 Genetis: A Hypertext, by Richard Smyth and Roy Parkhurst, 1993
  Published with Storyspace 1.5 on 3.5-inch floppy disks for Macintosh computers running 7.1 or better. Includes 1-bit graphics, but no sound
  
  ✭Version 2.0 The Perforations Version (Volume 5), 1994
  2.1 Genetis: A Rhizography. Text by Richard Smyth; graphics and sound by Roy Parkhurst. Published with Storyspace 1.5 on 3.5-inch floppy disk for Macintosh computers running 7.1 or better. 1 MB RAM, 8-bit color and grey-scale PICTS; Includes music, featuring Michael Nyman’s String Quartet No.1 (without permission). Bundled as part of a boxed set for Perforations 5, themed “Bodies Dreams, Technologies,” along with a VHS by the same name, diskette of music, and paper copies of journal articles
  
  ✭Version 3.0 The Eastgate Version
  3.1 Genetis: A Rhizography. Text by Richard Smyth; art and design by Roy Parkhurst; “violagamgolaimprovisations by Webster Earl Williams, JR. Published on Storyspace 1.5 by Eastgate Systems, Inc. in The Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext Volume 2, Number 4, Fall 1996, bundled with Robert Kendall’s A Life Set for Two; appears on the TOC for Perforations 6, themed "Ghosts Leaks Stains," with hyperlink going to an announcement for purchasing the work from Eastgate Systems, Inc.
  3.1: On 3.5-inch floppy disks for Macintosh computers running 7.1 or better
  3.2  On CD-ROM for Macintosh computers running 9.2 or better