Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <55346l$217@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>,
Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@bnr.ca> wrote:
>In article <28OCT199612481191@vax2.concordia.ca>,
>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>>
>>I see software emulation (or a hareware card) acting as a bridge, until you
>>finally convert totally over to the new system (Apple II->Macintosh). I doubt
>>any people with GuS will be using AppleWorks GS, when they can use MS-Word
>>or PageMaker on the same machine.
>
>I'm gonna break netiquette, and say a big fat "Me too!".  I agree with that
>statement.  If you've got a PowerMac, why run IIgs software?  What IIgs
>software is better than the latest Mac stuff?

That's the very reason why I can see why Apple only provided support for
running 8 bit software on Macs and can't figure out why people bitch about
not supporting IIgs software.

>I'm an Apple II fan since 1982, but I can't see the reason for all the
>excitement over GuS, etc., other than the "Gee Whiz" factor.  IMHO, etc.

Depends on what it costs, lotsa stuff is cool to have when it's free, even if
it's not all that useful.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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