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Re: MacGS?
- Subject: Re: MacGS?
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 1999/04/07
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <xd7O2.443$0p2.1283865@newsgate.direct.ca>
mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung) wrote:
>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
>
>>Cirtech's 68020 co-processor card, a slot card that allowed the IIGS
>>to run Macintosh software. Only prototypes were made, I think.
>>The project was canned when the company realized that Apple
>>was not going to support the IIGS.
>
>I believe the other part was that Apple was releasing the Mac Classic and LC,
>and a number of other "Lower Cost" Macs. With Macs becoming more affordable
>the card didn't seem financially viable. I think the performance was
supposedly
>comparable to a Mac IIci or something like that.
That was pretty much what I read too.
>It also required a Mac monitor.
The AppleColor RGB monitor was also usable for the purpose, in
640x400 interlaced mode. It had provisions for putting both IIGS
and Mac video on the same monitor (though not necessarily at the
same time).