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Re: MacGS?

In <19990405025959.17741.00002846@ng15.aol.com>, 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. It also required a Mac monitor.

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