greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender) (03/01/90)
This is an idea that's been bouncing around my head for a while, but give it a second: If we the users were to build a new Apple II compatible, how would we do it? - build to use the new 20 MHz 65816 chips - build with a floating point coprocessor standard - build with 1 Meg main memory standard - build with 600 X 400 graphics, at 1024 colors visible simultaneously. I have a friend who designed and wire-wrapped a card to do this on a 1 MHz apple II+. It works fine. - I like the memory manager idea, and the idea of toolbox calls - slowing down for access to any display page would not be done - support for 16 hardware slots. - I like the control panel and desk accessories - two 8 bit d/a and two 8 bit a/d convertors standard. - better radio isolation - selectable slow-down rates for external cards. Why access a ramdisk that can run up to 4 MHz at 1 MHz? - SCSI card standard. I'm not suggesting this as an upgrade to the apple IIgs, but if a third-party compatible manufacturer were to ask me what I'd like in a computer, this is where I'd start. --- Michael J Pender Jr Box 1942 c/o W.P.I. W.O.S. is not dead. greyelf@wpi.bitnet 100 Institute Rd. ...its time to get started, greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester, Ma 01609 there is much to be done. If my next computer isn't a IIgs, it won't be an apple... Me.