Re: Awks stuff

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

tpe123@gaol.com (escobedo) wrote:

>No amount of upgrades, hardware or software, will make *ANY* Apple II half
>as functional as the multitude of $50 486s or Macs flooding the used
>markets now. For all intents and purposes, the A2 IS dead.
>
>It is a bit sad that the A2 won't see much more commercial development
>because of "pirates". A pragmatic view is that pirating is a fact of life
>and the cost of doing business for a software maker. But I think a bigger
>factor than pirates is that any money spent on an A2 just won't add much
>value. Obsolescence is inevitable.

If it is a crappy old 486 or a black and white Mac, I'll prefer my GS.
I actually believe my GS is more functional.  Don't get the wrong
idea...I am in no way saying the GS can compete against a Pentium
or PowerMac...in fact, I use these advanced units.

When, however, the GS can be bumped to 8MB (once to 16MB with
the right cards for both ROM and RAM expansion) and it can run
a FREE version of Wolfenstein 3D that has BETTER sound effects
than the Wintel or Mac versions...well, that says something.  ;-)

Besides, the main attraction of using a computer like the A2 and
double that for the Apple IIGS is that it can DO things everyone
else said can't be done.  I figure this is why people polish their
LP records, old cars, and classic things like that.  Like the time
a Union Pacific diesal engine failed and their restored steam
locomotive was near...the steam locomotive pushed the diesal
engine and the train it was pulling home...who would have
thought a steam engine could do THAT.  ;-)

As for market forces...how do you explain the fact that the C64
market is NOT "dead"...they are getting new hardware and
software.