sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Seth D. Kadesh") (10/26/88)
I am writing this without very much knowledge of the rumor, so if I sound
like I don't know what I'm talking about, it's because I don't.
Having just read two posts which mentioned the Golden Gate Project, I felt
the necessary urge to add yet another comment to the growing list of requests/
concerns about the future of the Apple IIx. If what I read was correct, and the
rumors prove true, the Golden Gate Project should be a machine capable of
running both Mac and Apple IIx software. Sounds impressive, but just on that
fact, there is a problem.I feel that many of the Apple IIx users do not want to
see a new computer which just runs their software - that smacks of emulation.
The Apple IIx computer share more than just software. They are also hardware -
that ability that the user has to open the case and tinker. The hobbyist's
computer. So Apple added slots to the Mac - I haven't seen the inside of a
Mac II, but I'm not sure I would want to tinker with it.
The Mac is already capable of running Apple software. There are several
programs that emulate the Apple II
(I'm not sure of the specifications; the
program is called II in a Mac (?)).
I'm not sure if my point is clear - I would like to hear what everyone
else thinks.
Maybe Apple should create an independent company to develop the Apple IIx?
Like Claris.
Let Apple think clearly about their NeXT computer!
--Seth Kadesh sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu
Too bad the Mad Scientist doesn't know anything about people...jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") (10/28/88)
The golden gate, rumored to be a machine that bridges the gap between the mac and // lines, would hopefully be emulating the mac, not the //. However, the idea of elegantly killing the // line with a Mac that runs //x software does seem to coincide with the way Apple's marketers would think. I believe this would be a terrible tragedy. I pray for a better //gs because of project I have been nursing that could make it outstanding. A mac with a 65816 on board would be a cheap and inadequate substitute, but many mac-lovers I know would see this as perfectly reasonable. However, Apple's marketers will do whatever they do, which in more recent years seems to be geared to simply a fast buck instead of a long-term investment in customer loyalty. BTW, // In a Mac is a hard to find utility that runs 8-bit software slower than anything I've ever seen. But is works. Capt Albatross jm7e+@andrew =============== disclaimer: I've been dazed and confused for so long its not true.