Re: A2 Users: Endanged Species

["A.Koch" <rkoch@optonline.net>]

No OS 9 will be able to run on all Power Pc and up. OS X is the one that only runs on G3's.

David Phillips wrote:

> On 8/1/99 3:41 PM, sara2gs wrote:
>
> >I was naive enough to believe the "Apple II Forever" slogan when I first
> >heard
> >it.  But Apple has abandoned us, and new members are not forthcoming to
> >our
> >community.  The last major enhancement to the Apple II was almost 13
> >years ago,
> >since the IIgs was introduced.  The ]['s growth has been stunted by
> >malnutrition.
>
> I have to agree with the above. I now use a Mac a LC630 (DOS compatible) and
> two PowerMac 6360's in my business but I still treasure my IIGS which has a
> RAM Fast SCSI a High speed SCSi card a Hi density drive card it only runs at
> just over 9mhz, a 1meg ram card I also have but not fitted a CP?/M board and
> a PC card. The potential of this machine was unbeleivable. It was a shame it
> was never supported by APPLE its potential was such that it would have blown
> the early Mac's away. unfortunately it is history now. and Jobs has done this
> awain with the 680x0's and the early 603-603-604 Power Macs the new OS will
> not run on them.
>
> With the LC630 I have it is like the Apple II machines I can only run 8.1 and
> it is the last OS that will be issued for it. OS9 will only run on the G3 and
> up (don't quote me on this on) I think.
>
> The rants that go on on this newsgroup, do nothing to support the Apple II
> comunity and I usually do not comment on them.  But can we afford to lose
> more tallented people from our ranks.
>
> I am getting more and more people come to me for help with II's and IIGS's as
> the schools here in Australia shed finally there old II's and IIGS's. I am
> ordering 4 Focus hard drives for them at the moment. If we lose too much
> knowledge from the pool that exist we will die as a group. It is only the
> internet that has enabled us to continue to exist.
>
> Becasue we are small in number without the internet to communicate, the II
> comunity would have died long ago.  Let us just agree to disagree. Please
> pretty please. If we do not, we are like an out of ballance flywheel, and we
> will tear ourselves to pieces. We are an endangered species. In Australia we
> are unable to access Delphi and AOL so any reports there are not seen by a
> lot of Apple II users.
>
> David Phillips
> Vice President/Secretary
> Apple Macintosh Association of QLD
> Brisbane Australia

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