Re: Apple model history?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

doug <dkalley@pacbell.net> wrote:

>Supertimer wrote:
>
>> At that time, the IIGS had a color GUI while the Mac did not.
>
>MacOs supported color, just the XL and 128/512k Macintosh had black and
>white monitors.

Required a patch and additional software.  If Mac can be
considered to have color in the 128/512k days, then the
IIGS can be considered to have SVGA because of the
Second Sight card.  But wouldn't it be more reasonable
to say that the Mac didn't have color and the IIGS didn't
have SVGA out of the box?

>> Many of these features made their way into the Mac later
>> starting with the Mac II which had slots, a color GUI, and
>
>Displayable color only because of slots, which could hold a Toby card for
>instance, the GUI was already in color.

Required additional software.  Like plugging a Second
Sight card into a IIGS and running Second View then
saying the IIGS had SVGA.