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Re: Happy Birthday Apple IIGS!
- Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Apple IIGS!
- From: "sfahey" <sfahey@a2central.com.remove-vi9-this>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:40:57 -0500
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- Organization: A2Central.com
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To: john
Re: Re: Happy Birthday Apple IIGS!
By: john to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Oct 20 2008 04:03 pm
> I'm sorry but a psuedo 8/16 bit machine was no match for the Amiga...
<shrug> Not arguing, but yah what you said is true but then again, The GS had
other strengths (or liabilities to some), the primary one being the backwards
compatibility that prevented it from being a true next gen machine. Some may
argue that it's backward compatibility is what prevented the GS from being all
that it could be, while others will point at that whopping huuuuge Apple II
library (which you have to admit, is larger than the Amiga's).
It's rather moot -- both the Apple II and the Amiga lost the war.
I toy with the prospect of getting an Amiga and trying it out but... no room.
Sean Fahey
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