Re:New Apple IIgs hardware? Maybe.

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article ericlob@cris.com (ericlob) writes...

>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>>In article df@mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de (Dirk Froehling) writes...
>>
>>>In article <34aa6b56.2034623@netnews.msn.com>, sbehrens@bigfoot.com
>>>(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F6nke_Behrens?=) wrote:
>>> 
>>>>I have received a "teaser" e-mail about some new hardware that's to be
>>>>released for the Apple IIgs.
>>> 
>>>I think it looks like the chips just lie on the card. They don't seem to
>>>be connected to each other or to the conductors. I guess this is a joke.
>>
>>    That would be my guess, considering there is no Apple II market 
>>to support just the development costs alone a of new hardware card.
>>The idea is nice though, it would be neat if someone suddenly came
>>out with a 68K Macintosh or 486 PC co-processor board
> 
>That would be pretty funny, bringing a new level of dead technology to
>the Apple II (now you can only be *two* generations behind! ;).

    Actually I mentioned obsolite processors as they're inexpensive, 
comsume less power and produce less heat. If you used PowerPC and
Pentium chips on an Apple II co-processor board, I don't know how
much of a good idea that would be (cost-wise and powersupply-wise ;)
This is all rather moot though, as I'm still convienced this is 
all some hoax.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca