Re: NUTS!

[Pim Blokland <nipp@plane.nl>]

Rubywand wrote:

> 1- Some machines are better suited to certain applications than others.
> Logically, you should try to use the best machine and software for the
> task you want to accomplish.

Yes, but we, the Apple die-hards, aren't the most logical of people.
Logical in your definition, that is. We like a bit of a challenge; we
like, for instance, to be able to show a MPEG movie on the GS, even
though we know that a Mac would be better suited for such a task...

> For example, the best machine for accessing the internet is probably a
> modern PC or Mac. The IIgs currently lacks the speed, memory, and
> display required for decent internet access.
[snip]
> The first response to Dr. Tom's "One Million Dollar" GS browser
> challenge, if taken seriously, had to be "how do we upgrade the
> hardware?", not, "who's interested in working on a browser?"  Given
> current IIgs hardware, there is no way to support a good net browser.

No, that is no challenge! That is like saying: we cannot do it; we
should wait for the next generation of Apple II computers.
But we should try to work with what we have. In my view, SIS could be
upgraded with a routine to display GIF graphics, and tbhe result
would be a decent graphical browser. Maybe not in the same resolution
as other computers; not with 16777216 colors per pixel (most of the
Internet limits itself to 216 colors anyway), but good enough for
most purposes.
As for speed, every time I see my Mac downloading at 500 bytes per
second, I wonder if I really need a 250 MHz when the bottleneck is so
clearly not in the computer (and not in the modem either, in case
you're wondering).

> An example of an achievable goal with immediate significant benefits is
> a new, well-documented, XProDOS FST-- one which permits defining larger
> block and volume sizes and ends all future problems with date stamping.

HFS+?

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