Re: August 1988 Issue of inCider magazine....

[rubywand@swbell.net]

JB writes ...
> 
> I was just flipping through this old issue of inCider and on page 17 I
> found this spotlight by Babs Cringely:
> 
> "I hear that Apple's working on a new IIgs.  Apple wants Western Desing's
> 65832 microprocessor chip, a much faster version of the 65816; MS-DOS and
> Macintosh coprocessor cards are also possible.
>  The next video-graphics controller (VGC) chip will handle all improvements
> in GS graphics.  Look for new super-high-resolution ....
>
> in the next Apple IIgs.
>
>      AS always, we expect that Apple will offer an upgrade from existing
> machines."
>         --B.C.
> 
> When I saw this it just made me sick.   What a damn shame.
> 

     Thanks for the post. Though an inCider subscriber, this is a news blurb I 
missed.

     Yes; it is a shame. You should have read some of the 'Computer Wars' 
pieces published in late 80's Computist issues. They outlined a series of 
necessary GS upgrades including, especially, the graphics improvements 
mentioned in BC's article. Big Green, of course, decided to 'tread water' via 
the ROM-03-- _very_ disappointing.

     So; now we have arrived at 1997. It turns out not to be such a great 
source of satisfaction to see Apple slide into oblivion.
   

Rubywand