Re: Apple model history?

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <20000409111550.09601.00000663@ng-bh1.aol.com>,
Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

>>> At that time, the IIGS had a color GUI while the Mac did not.
>>
>>MacOs supported color, just the XL and 128/512k Macintosh had black and
>>white monitors.
>
>Required a patch and additional software.  If Mac can be
>considered to have color in the 128/512k days, then the
>IIGS can be considered to have SVGA because of the
>Second Sight card.  But wouldn't it be more reasonable
>to say that the Mac didn't have color and the IIGS didn't
>have SVGA out of the box?
>
>>> Many of these features made their way into the Mac later
>>> starting with the Mac II which had slots, a color GUI, and
>>
>>Displayable color only because of slots, which could hold a Toby card for
>>instance, the GUI was already in color.
>
>Required additional software.  Like plugging a Second
>Sight card into a IIGS and running Second View then
>saying the IIGS had SVGA.

Ain't the same if Apple provided the option vs using third party stuff.
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