Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[David Moles <deivu@eccosys.com>]

> Some people seem to think that Apple could still sell Apple IIs if they still
> made 'em. Imagine yourself at an Apple dealer, looking at say a Powermac 8500
> and an Apple II sitting side by side. Take a wild guess which box will attract
> the attention of John Q. Computerbuyer. Some say a 50 mHz, 32 mb, Apple II
> with this or that feature would sell. When Mr. Computerbuyer asks if it will
> run Mac software and is told it will not, then asks if it runs windows soft-
> ware and is told it will not, and then, flabbergasted, asks just what exactly
> it does run and gets a blank stare from Joe Salesdroid, just imagine how many
> would sell.

Ah, but think how much a PowerMac 8500 /costs./ :) 'Way back when
the IIgs first came out Apple had a computer-on-a-chip solution for
II compatibility -- if I could get either an Apple II board or a
little Apple II CPU box (say, Pippin-sized) with a half-MB of RAM
for $200, with floppy drive, I'd snap it up in a second. :) All
I want it for is to play Bard's Tale and Archon anyway. (Ditto for
a C64, by the way.)

--D