Re: Idea to save the IIgs

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@concentric.net>]

Mike Morton wrote:
> 
> Like someone suggested, why don't we just buy the Apple IIgs?  All of
> the AppleII community pulled together to buy that hard drive for Aimov
> correct? (Asimov or that other place...) Why don't we all just donate
> money and put in a formal request to purchase the IIgs rights from
> Apple?  We could publicise this and also make it clear in the statement
> that we could "Take the burden of supporting a much older computer from
> the arms of Apple into our own, thus helping both of us, and ultimately
> helping the user."  I believe that Apple (With the New and Improved
> Steve Jobs) Would consider this offer as a way to dump a crappy old
> product into some suckers arms (Like selling swampland, and this is
> their view, not mine, I like the IIgs) so they could provide the support
> for it.  I do believe it wouldn't take that much cash either.  This is
> exciting to think about to me, email me at mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net
> to give me your opinions.  I can also start a page about this if you all
> would like that.  I believe we should all work together to accomplish
> this goal.

	Why don't we just simply ask Apple for use of the ROMs and explain
<<exactly>> what we want to do with them. We don't have to make it 'built-in',
but simply make an extension which will seamlessly patch through IIGS apps and
when that is not possible it would be presented in a resizeable window. We
could even make a control panel so that one could control IIGS functions
through the MacOS control panel.
	What we need to do is simply explain to Apple that what we want is to make
IIGS applications available to the MacOS, nothing more. And, if you're all
willing, we could do this free of charge. I'm willing to lend all the help I
can to such a project.