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Re: LC & other A2 slotted Macs



In article <57n13p$hud@europa.frii.com>, shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) writes...
>In article <57hn52$djq@amanda.dorsai.org>,
>James OReilly <joreilly@dorsai.org> wrote:
>>
>>I know that the Mac LC I, II, and III have a slot for an Apple IIe card.  
>>I've heard that there are other LC models numbered 500.  Do they also 
>>have Apple IIe slots?  I've also heard that there are Quadra or Performa 
>>models which support an Apple II card.  Does anyone know which Macs will 
>>run as Apple IIs (other than Macs running Deja II or GUS)?
> 
>Gee I wouldn't use this as a selling point for getting a Mac since boxes with
>the LC style slot which can use the //e card (hard to find to begin with),with
>the exception of the Performa 575-578, are all '030 based. Which means rather
>pokey running Mac software. At any rate, you can use the card in the Performa
>and LC 550 and 575 and Color Classic as well as the pizza box style LCs and 
>their Performa 400 series equivalents.
> 
>Deja II is only an Appleworks emulator, which doesn't qualify it as a II
>emulator in my opinion. Gus is vaporous so it doesn't count either. IIe is
>the best emulator going now. It is PPC native and runs on 68Ks too. I ran some
>games with it on my new Q840AV (40 mHz '040) and it seems to run them nearly
>as fast as a real IIgs in fast mode. I'd like to see the native version on a
>Pmac, I bet it's really fast. So I'd get the newest/fastest Mac I could afford
>and use IIe on it to run II Programs.
>-- 
>Randy Shackelford                                 
>shack@frii.com                                    

Tell me about Dega II, is it commercial?  Where can I find it?  I have an
LCIII. And  a PB5300.  Which woud I use.