Re: Has GS ever been ported to another platfrom

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <20000121025813.03697.00000909@ng-fp1.aol.com>,
Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

>We are talking about development phase.  Jobs reaction
>to his Mac folks helping put mouse tools into the IIGS
>was documented by the IIGS history written by Apple
>insiders Jeanne DuPrau and Molly Tyson who wrote
>"The Apple IIGS Book" published by Bantam Books.
>There is a reason why the designed for Mac ADB ended
>up on the IIGS first.  Remember, Jobs wanted the Mac
>and Apple II divisions to be totally divided.  Technology
>moving between the two divisions was unheard of at
>the time and to give the (so called boring, as Jobs put
>it) Apple II division something before the Mac was quite
>a monumental event.  Those Mac designers must have
>been VERY fed up with Jobs.

Yeah, it came out a whole three months before the SE, complete with
defective VGCs and an awful OS. Maybe they should have made sure it
was ready for prime time instead.
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