Re: ANN: Retiring from A2 world - Good Bye All!

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:08:21 GMT, Ronin Hyde wrote:

>
>
> "Gary R. Utter" wrote:
>>
>> In article <3d07a958@news.svn.net>, Paul Grammens <grammens@svn.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > You give Tom WAY too much credit.  The root cause was obsolete hardware.
>> > People don't write software for obsolete hardware- at least not if they
want
>
>> > to make money. People don't invest a lot of money in obsolete hardware
with
>> > a declining market share.  For example, today the Mac survives only
because
>> > the hardware is cutting edge.
>>
>> Again, I accuse you of being deliberately obtuse. The Macs that were
>> contemporary with the Apple IIs are just as obsolete. The reason Apple
>> II hardware is obsolete NOW is because Apple stopped making it ten
>> years ago, instead of continuing to upgrade it as they did with the
>> Mac.
>
>
>     Hrmm.. Upgrade. Let me explain something of my current
> situation that may enlighten you as to the status of recent Macs. I
> just tagged Bernie to try it out and see what it is like. Looks
> extremely useful to me so I'm going to buy it. My main machine is
> a QuickSilver 733 so it should be more than enough to handle being
> a file storage/exchange machine along with whatever other tasks
> might come along. Oops. No floppy drive. Oops. No SCSI. Oops.
> My IIGS doesn't have a card which will allow a CD to be read..
> so the CD burner isn't an option. Oops. No serial cable so a
> simple thing like null modem is out. USB and Firewire are not
> going to be added soon to the IIgs so those are out as well.

In think David Wilson is going to try and add USB at least to the IIGS in the
near future I hope he thinks of Firewire as well. David what about Bluetooth
and
Wifi as well?

> Hrmm. This machine is supposed to be the pinnacle of innovation
> for its time.. but it seems to be lacking *ANY* way to get these
> files to a medium that the IIgs can use. Know what I'm going to
> have to do? Use my Performa 6115CD which is perfectly capable
> of doing such a mundane task.

Good go ahead but get out of this discussion it has bugger all to do with how
great your Mac in its Tupperware box is.
	The Apple II range used easily available 74 (and other) series chips -
see how easy it is to service your Mac down to component level, unlike a II
series.
	I don't know if you are a prat, twerp or wanker.
 
>      Now, your contention is that had the Apple been just
> as crippled.. er, upgraded, as the Mac it would be so much
> better off. Erm, no. The problem lies with the corporate
> philosophy being vastly different.. otherwise the above
> situation would *NEVER* happen.

No copporate philosophy - office politics and in fighting more like it.
 

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