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Re: MacGS?

In <3709DD0C.CE746B41@Concentric.net>, Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net> writes:

>	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

I never heard of another project outside of CirTech's Duet. If I remember correctly
they were based out of Scotland.

>microprocessor, the card would have to have had the Macintosh ROMs
>onboard as well, which would mean getting permission from Apple.

I think they reverse engineered the ROM

>According to the book, the card only cost $300 (compared to the new
>Macintosh's price).

I can't remember what the projected street price for a Duet was but I can tell you
that a Mac Classic was about $1500CAN.
 
>> It also required a Mac monitor.
>
>Would this monitor serve both Apple II & Mac applications?

I believe it did

>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)?

Yes there was. Is there anyone on this group from Scotland?

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