delaneyg@wnre.aecl.ca (Grant Delaney) (03/22/90)
Well some of seem to have missed the Apple new products release and as I just
got the product release documentation I thought I'ld pass along some of the
more interesting tidbits
Apple II High Speed SCSI Card
- DMA instead of psuedo-DMA on the old board
- Software Utilities
Provision of specialized software utilities to perform hard disk
management tasks such as data backup, disk partitioning and disk verification
Utilities for use of CD-Rom discs using the IIGS.
- On-Board SCSI terminator
no need for other terminator
- Dip Switches to set SCSI device 0 -7
- Enhanced Rom to improve performance
- New SCSI Software!!!!
The SCSI Manager and Drivers for the hard disk and CD-Rom have been
re-written to provide faster performance.
-------- NEW DRIVERS (GS Specific) HAVE BEEN WRITTEN for the TAPE BACKUP,
LASER PRINTER and !!!!! SCANNER !!!
Is this a hint of other software to come
Now for the less Apple II specific
a new extended keyboard II
2 new Display cards for the Mac
Macintosh IIci Cache Card
Macintosh IIfx and IIfx logic board upgrade
-this is a 40 megahertz 68030 machine with built in PMMU support and Burst mode
ram access
-68882 math coprocessor
-Optional Parity Ram
-512K Rom Simm socket
-Built in Zero wait state 32K Static Ram Cache
-up to 8 Meg 80 ns ram
-upgradable to 32 Meg memory with 4meg ram 128 with 16 Meg ram
-Two dedicated I/O processors to manage low level I/O such as serial ports and
floppy drives.
New AUX 2.0 though this is not supposed to ship until mid year
X window system for AUX
One final Note. The New products Information Guide from Apple Canada states the
following about the market for the New SCSI
"The Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card appeals to customers that recognize the
benifits a hard drive can provide in their work. The card has a high level of
compatability with third-party drives, so that even though customers receive
non-Apple SCSI Cards with their third-party drive, they can invest in the
High-Speed SCSI card to acheive optimum performance.
Applications
Applications for the Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card are to be found in the K-12
Education market, which has the largest installed base of Apple II technology,
and in the Home market."
OH well I guess well have to resign our selves to the fact that Apple does not
want the IIGS to be seen in the Small to Medium Business Market.