Re: Possibility of open-sourcing GS/OS

[et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)]

Sean Fahey (a2fan@hotmail.com) writes:
> Michael Black wrote:
> 
>> But the other Michael's point was that back then, few were imagining
>> more memory.  They didn't "cripple' the Mac Plus for the sake of another
>> Macintosh, they just decided that 4megs was fine.  And if they couldn't
>> see the point of more than 4megs in the Mac Plus, then why should they
>> see a point in having more than 4megs in the IIGS?  I've seen lots of 286
>> computers, again basically current with the IIGS, and they didn't load
>> up with more than a small amount of memory.  The Atari ST came with 1meg of
>> RAM, and you had to really work to expand it to more.
> 
> The Mac Plus was being positioned as an entry level Mac. The SE and SE30 
> that came after were mid-level offerings. The first of the Mac II series 
> was already in the wings, with more memory, slots etc. for high end 
> applications.

The Mac Plus was the Mac at the time.  The SE had no real improvement in
specs.  And the II was a vastly bigger system.

The Mac Plus was the Mac for most people at the time.  It wasn't "crippled"
it was designed to offer what was useable at a price that could be afforded
by enough people.  The Mac II that could had a lot of expansion and upgrade
capability  was for those who needed it and could afford it. 

There was no need to "cripple" the Mac Plus for fear it would cut into
Mac II sales, because the cost of the Mac II would elinate more people.

  Michael