Re: The New IIGS whats your thoughts?

[email@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

"vector" <root@localhost> wrote:

> "barana" <barana24@telstra.com> wrote in message
> f7e8ce21.0306252234.50e12849@posting.google.com">news:f7e8ce21.0306252234.50e12849@posting.google.com...
> > stumbled upon this =incredible= project imagine the possiblities; 32
> > bit gs mpeg u name it !
> > Just like to open a discussion. Go and have a look yourself
> > http://c64upgra.de/c-one/ and
> > http://www.geocities.com/profdredd/commodoreone/cmdrone.html
> 
> I think that will never happen for the Apple IIgs.  It seems that while we
> may have people who would be technically capable of building such a thing,
> either none of our electronics wizards has Jeri Ellsworth's desire to grow
> the platform, or they feel that there would not be enough of a consumer base
> to make it worthwhile.

Yes, the c64 seems to inspire more intense development than the Apple 2
for some reason... I wonder if there is a fundamental difference in the
kind of people working in each group, or if it is more to do with the
nature of the platform.

Personally, I'd like to see a "super IIe" rather than a new GS... that's
mainly becuse I just find the GS a bit too complicated for casual
tinkering. I'd go for a modestly quick processor (60Mhz would do) with
ProDOS updated to support larger volumes and better graphics and audio
built in to Applesoft and direct access to more RAM without having to do
any bank-switching... okay?

Let me know when it's ready... ;-)

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