Re: You guys are NUTS !

[John Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Dave Althoff Jr wrote:

> : Hmm... cannt do C++ programming, or can I, I am not sure how much can be
> : done with 128K of memory.
>
> Not C++ (I think you can program C on the IIgs, but not on the //c.).  But
> you can program in Apple PASCAL (if you can stand it!), SuperPILOT, 6502
> Assembler, and of course, Applesoft BASIC.

With a CP/M coprocessor, any II can program in all sorts of languages, though I
can't say that I've heard of a C++ compiler for CP/M yet.  Surely there are some
MSDOS based ones that will work with a PC Transporter in a IIe or IIGS.

> : Hmm.... cannt watch DVD movie with it.
>
> No, but with 560x192 maximum screen resolution, why would you want to?
> Much better to use a DVD player for watching DVD movies (I never
> understood why someone would want to watch a movie on a computer when it
> looks better on a good TV set).

You could plug a DVD player into a Video Overlay Card in a IIe or IIGS to watch
movies on the computer's monitor, perhaps in the background as you're doing
something else with the computer.

--
John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Pollyanna Principle
utownje@lexis-nexis.com