Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett)]

In article <DzuG93.It7@eskimo.com>
mattack@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:

> In article <326FB037.4287@eccosys.com>, David Moles  <deivu@eccosys.com> wrote:
> >My only real problem with the IIGS as compared to, say, a
> >Mac Plus (that being the machine of record on this thread)
> >was the composite video. After word processing on a crisp,
> >clear monochrome screen -- or a good, modern RGB monitor
> >-- it's very hard to go back.
> 
> What in the hell are you talking about?  The GS monitor is an analog RGB 
> monitor that looks pretty good.  Damn, I remember saving $500 bucks for that
> thing one summer, back when $500 was *a lot* of money (now it's "pretty much"
> money). (My GS is an upgraded //e so I upgraded bits and pieces at a time.)

The IIGS has two monitor ports--RGB and RCA.


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