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Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)
- Date: 1996/10/16
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.be, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: US-A2WUG
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- Reply-to: drsmooth@relex.com
David Moles <deivu@eccosys.com> wrote:
>Edhel Iaur wrote:
>> They HAD to; if Apple ditched the //s within 3 years of the Mac's
>> release, Apple would be dead NOW. IMHO, the first Macs were pure crap
>> with an interesting interface.
>> --
>You're forgetting what the other stuff available was like...
>unless what you're into is legacy educational software.
I'm not sure I quite follow what you're saying. What I meant, is that
those first 128k Macs with built-in 9" B & W screens were seriously
lacking in many areas...not much foresight on these computers, IMHO.