kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) (05/21/86)
I was just reading the May 19th issue of InfoWorld and in Dvorak's column "Inside Track" he talks about the new Apple ][. He calls it a ][GS and says this: The best discription of the new 16-bit Apple II is that it will be a Macintosh clone before all is said and done. It's dubbed the Apple IIGS. The GS stands for graphics and sound. I think it should be have been named the GSX for graphics, sound, and extensibility or something. GSX sounds better. Anyway, the new machine, which will be packaged in an Apple IIe case, will be powered by the 65816 chip. It has a new sound chip to deliver Maclike sound. It comes with 256K of memory, expandable to a megabyte, 128K or read-only memory, and 16 or more colors at once in normal resolution and four colors in 600-by-200 high resolution. There is a Macintoshlike interface that I'm told is everything the Mac is and more! Moore is spelled C-O-L-O-R. We'll see. J.C.Dvorak well. Where did this guy hear about all this. It seems like it's due out in early '87. What really beeps me about this, if true, is the constant comparison to the Mac. I mean, I work with Macs EVERY DAY! I'm typing on a Mac right now. They're just not as good as a //e. (I couldn't care less what anyone has to say about that. 8-bit ancient architecture and all, it's still years ahead of the Mac.) I have great fears that Apple will try to force on us happy hackers such abominations as having to boot in order to use the damn thing, removing teh cassette interface, and, great will be my sorrow, these friggin horses ass windows! Sure< I like a mouse once in a while, usually for graphics, now and then for selecting blocks in word processing, but I HATE MENU BARS!!!! yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk... ANYWAY! Has anyone heard more about this???? Hmmmmm. I wanna try one out when they show up. Sean Kamath ihnp4,decvax,hplabs,ucbcad!tektronix!reed!kamath if anyone has the increadible urge to refute the //e's clear superiority, please post to the appropriate news group! Better yet, e-mail me. Discaimer: Yeah, reprinted without permission, but how could I convey the essence of what is going on without distorting it beyond comprehension without quoting him? I know nothin' and I don't work for anyone (yet.) cut me some slack, my cat went to NJ for the next three months. I'm lonely.