Re: MacGS?

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net>]

Supertimer wrote:
>
> Cirtech's 68020 co-processor card, a slot card that allowed the IIGS
> to run Macintosh software.

	However, it's strange that you mention another company, since,
according to the book, it was an engineer at Apple, Steve Perlman, who
came up with the card. Besides that, I would think that apart from the
microprocessor, the card would have to have had the Macintosh ROMs
onboard as well, which would mean getting permission from Apple.

Randy Shackelford wrote:
> 
> Actually the Duet card never saw the light of day because Apple came out
> with the Mac Classic, which cost less than the card would have cost and
> had better performance.

According to the book, the card only cost $300 (compared to the new
Macintosh's price).
 
Herbert Fung wrote:
>
> It also required a Mac monitor.

Would this monitor serve both Apple II & Mac applications?

Would there have been a way to switch between systems (Apple II/Mac) or
was this one way (Converting the IIgs into a Mac without backward compatibility)?

Thanks for your input.

Gabriel Morales