Re: I hate to be the bearer of bad news...

[@uplink.cichlid.com (Dameon D. Welch)]

In article <2vjufj$9d7@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)
writes:
>If it is not 65832, then why ARM/7? Why don't use something like PowerPC?
>or Pentium? Or MIPS chip? Or Sparc?
>
>I thought Avatar is dead long time ago, after last KansasFest where the
>Avtar project changes from creating the Super IIGS to making a device that
>convert SNES into a IIGS - something I don't think there is even a market.
>
>I think the best way is NOT to create yet another clone. That would be useless.
>There aren't much software companies for us now. First, with so many of the 
>IIGS users here, we can't even keep small dedicated companies like Econ alive,
>not to say that Avatar will have a even much smaller market, and I was  
>wondering who will write software for it - even it lives. Second, why goes
>against the trend?

What I would like to see is a ][e or  a ][gs laptop computer. Disguise it as a
PC/Mac clone, but give it a ][e/][gs mode. ;-) 

>I would suggest bright minds like Bill should be spent on creating something
>like a SoftGS (like SoftPC or SoftWindows) for the PC. This would have a much
>bigger impact for us. Or do something to expand the life of our GS - like
>a graphics card, some great new software or hardware, etc.
  
That would also be cool, but this would again have a limited appeal and
wouldn't sell well without assuring 100% compatibility. And, of course, you'd
have to write it for the Mac. ;-)