Re: I appologize for confusing Apple with Mac

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Ralph Wade Phillips <ralphp@gcstation.net> wrote:

> > 
> > "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."  Five years down the
> > road, Apple will probably discontinue support for the 68000 processor
> > machines.  HAL 9000 says, "Are you sure you're making the right decision?"
> 
>         Read press releases.  MacOS 8 will NOT support 68K machines. 
> 7.5.4 (due out this month) will be the last to support a 68000 (aka
> "Macintosh Plus" in Apple-ese) based computer.

Not just 68000's.  Quote from Tidbits #344:

**System 7.5.4 Update** -- According to a memo posted on Ric
  Ford's MacInTouch site, Apple will release System 7.5.4 Update
  later this week on all the standard Apple Web and FTP sites. The
  memo says the update primarily consists of performance and
  reliability enhancements, and will only install on Macs currently
  running System 7.5.3. Most interesting for owners of older Macs is
  the statement that "With the release of System 7.5.4 Update, Apple
  is delivering its final system software release for the Macintosh
  Plus, SE, Classic, Portable, PowerBook 100, SE FDHD, SE/30, LC,
  II, IIx, and IIcx. These computers were not designed to support
  32-bit memory addressing. Future Mac OS releases will require
  32-bit memory addressing, which is supported by all other
  Macintosh models." [ACE]

<http://www.macintouch.com/754announce.html>


This implies that all 68000, 68020 and early 68030 machines (the ones
which are not 32-bit clean) will not be supported in future.

Don't forget that Apple dropped support for the Mac 128K and 512K
machines a long time before this.  I'm amazed that support for the Plus
has lasted as long as this.

Ten and a half years isn't bad...

(As little as seven years for the newer machines listed above.)

The IIgs didn't even get seven years.
-- 
David Empson
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