Re: Avatar

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
: 
: Sure. While you are at it, think about a limitation of a maximum of 64k stack
: space (if they map I/O somewhere else and tricks a bit). Apart from that,
: even a 10MHz 65SC816 is not a speed demon (I have to know, my ZIP runs at
: 12. Ok, so a true 10MHz will be faster than a ZIPed 12, I know, but still ...).
: 
: It is true that amazing things can be done with limited power. But, if you're
: designing a new machine anyway, why limit it in the first place? Escapes me.

The 65816 is there to make it a Super GS. Why 65816? Well, if it is not a
65816-based machine, but a IIGS emulated by 486, I will not buy it.

Avatar is supposed to be a new machine for us GS user to upgrade, if it is
another PC/workstation that is incompatible with anything, it will fail.
But it might have a chance of succeed if it is a logical successor of
Apple II.

: Soenke
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