Re: Apple II-Or Come on people, It's a 20 year old computer

["Thomas SCOLAN" <thomas.scolan@libertysurf.fr>]

> >> ...and a lack of a numerical coprocessor.... which of course made
> >> perfect sense on a machine which boasted the GUI over actual
performance.
> > A socket for such a mpu *was* available. Just like in the IBM PC, btw.
> It coudldn't be -- the 68K FPU (the 68881) wasn't even available when
> Lisa was released.
I know lisa verry well, there were a socket on the I/O board for an AMD 9512
atrithmetic coprocessor.

> > The PC just could not do this - it's cpu was on the motherboard.
> Not on all PC's.
we're talking about first PC no ?

> Yet there's a continuous line of hardware development form the very
> first IBM PC to today's fastest P-III machines.  You'll find NO
> similar line of development from the Mac to the P-III machines.
no, in fact things have to change. on mac we were on 68000 series, then RISC
processor were adopted because of ther power; but software created for 68000
series were still usable. that was a transition between past and future.