Re: Apple II info please...

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"Clockmeister" <gerryvdb@tnet.com.au> wrote:

>Here's my list of the most innovative home computers of the past, feel free
>to place where you feel the Apple II should be on my list...
>
>1. Amiga --- First home computer to offer multimedia and true multitasking,
>ease of use, resource efficiency.
>2. Mac --- First GUI for home computers (or was it ?),  ease of use,
>quality.
>3. Commodore 64 --- Largest selling home computer ever (22 million +),
>software availability.
>4. Atari ST --- MIDI interface as standard.

Hi, personally, I think the GS is a cross between an Amiga, a Mac, a
Commodore 65 (the prototyped successor to the C64), the Atari ST,
and the old Apple II.  I think when you read the technical info I gave
you and go to the links I sent you you'll agree.  When you see stuff
like MegaDemo and Wolfenstein 3D for the GS, you can see this
spirit in action...

Defined by a great sound chip (superior even to Amiga 1000), MIDI
at the serial port (with an additional box), preemptive multitasking
option (with GNO/ME), cooperative multitasking option (with The
Manager), a GUI the spitting image of Macintosh, ability to run old
A2 software as well as its own more colorful and symphonic wares,
and a demo scene (ala Amiga/C64).  Its 32 channel sound chip is
more than sufficient to play your collection of Amiga MODs, for
example...many GS demos are Amiga MODs in origin...you can
also play MIDI through the sound chip or out the serial port via
a MIDI box to a MIDI device.