unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (11/01/90)
In article <69@generic.UUCP> taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes: >> Apple II Compatibility. >> The "no compromises" Apple II card for the Macintosh >> promised by John Sculley appears to represent a substantial >> compromise. The under $200 NuBus board has been announced >> as an Apple //e card which will not support recent Apple >> IIgs applications. The card isn't expected to ship until >> next March and will have a connector on the back for a 5.25 >> inch disk drive. - PC Week 1 October > Well, that goes to show how much these PC Week folks know about the >Apple II... the card is an Apple //e (actually //c) emulator! Have they >assumed that the GS is functionally equivalent to the //e?!? This lack of GS >advertising sure manifests itself in strange ways... I don't know what your beef is with the quote from Vaporware... My only guess is that you're quibbling with the "..recent Apple IIgs applic- ations.." part... I think you're interpreting "recent" in a different way than they mean it. I will agree that it's kind of misleading, but I think it's pretty obvious that they mean it won't support GS applications and only supports //e programs... I think they used the word "recent" because the GS is the most recent Apple //...And I'm not counting the IIc+...Major improvements but still, in the SCHEME of things, "just" an upgrade... Just like a ROM04 GS would be even if it has 640 * 400, etc... By the way, I call it a //e card because I think of the //e as the current 8 bit Apple II and I think most people do too.. I think of the //c as the presumably-portable Apple II... Which, software-wise is just like the //e... -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ \"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/