Re: _Infinite Loop_ by Michael S. Malone

[mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung)]

In <nobody-2505990846260001@pm-3-084.dynam.wavetech.net>, nobody@wavetech.net (Greg Buchner) writes:

>If the IIgs wasn't backwards compatible, I don't think any of the IIgs
>purchasers I know (me included) would have bought one.  I already had a
>IIe, room for only one computer and lots of Apple II stuff.  Being
>able to run Appleworks was a major plus.  Being able to run all the
>games I already owned was an absolute necessity.

As for me I wanted to retrieve some data from my old Apple II+ clone. The drive
died the year before and I was stranded. I saw a friend who's IIe was replaced by
a GS from insurance (his house was ransacked) and I was won over on what to get.
II compatibility was an important issue for me.

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