Re: need 1985 machine spec

[Shurr Larry <shurr@ix.netcom.com>]

David Empson wrote:
> 
> Shurr Larry <shurr@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wayne Stewart wrote:
> > > Simon Poole wrote:
> > > > Would anybody out there happen to know the average processor
> > > > speed of an Apple computer in 1985?
> > > In 1985 the fastest stock Apple II was 1.02mhz and the fastest Apple
> > > Macintosh
> > > was 8mhz.
> > I distinctly remember that my wife's IIc had a 2MHz mode.  It was
> > 1987 or 1988, if I remember right, though (it made Pacman hilari-
> > ously unplayable).  My memory doesn't serve well enough... this
> > wasn't available in 1985?
> The Apple IIc+ was the first Apple II model with a built-in accelerator,
> (4 MHz) and it was released in 1988.

O.K., my distinct memory wasn't quite as distinct as I thought, she 
did indeed have an Apple IIc+.  At 4MHz mode, it's no wonder that
PacMan was so unplayable in fast mode.  Wish we still had that machine
now.  We do have my original Apple II bought in 1978 and still working
(had to replace a power supply, though).  We also have a ROM 1 Apple 
IIgs.  Due to a lack of space to indulge this hobby, they are currently 
in storage. However, we do have a Power PC Mac.  It's an old one, a 
6100c, bought specifically to run Bernie to the Rescue which it does 
quite nicely.

Larry