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Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)
- Date: 1996/10/31
- Followup-to: comp.sys.be,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.apple2
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pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) wrote:
: >pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: >
: >: Also people should remember: if Apple kept the GS alive and supported
: >: it like it supported them, GS sales would fuel WDC's R&D. Faster 65816
: >: chips and 32-bit versions of them would come out at a faster rate as
: >: a result of the R&D bucks.
: >
: >This is a crock. You don't think enough SNES boxes were sold to keep WDC's
: >R&D going?
: They weren't computers. You have to understand that game boxes don't
: need fast CPUs as much. They have dedicated chips for moving graphics
: around. They sold, yes, but the demand wasn't there for faster chips.
: Look, the SNES works the same with a 3MHz or 14MHz chip, but the 3MHz
: one is cheaper. Of course Nintendo will buy the cheap one.
So you're saying that WDC could only develop new processors using revenue from
sales to Apple. Boloney.
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Randy Shackelford
shack@southwind.net