Re: What happened to the Zip chip?!?!

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:47:29 -0500, buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us (Greg
Buchner) wrote:

|>Well, I've done some work at a place that was selling (or more
|>accurately, trying to sell) IIGS system's for $99.  Schools were
|>interested, but individuals...for the most part they look for
|>something that can run the latest in games.  Games are a driving
|>force for most people and for the ones that it isn't, they 
|>generally tend to look for compatibility.
|>
|>The IIGS would have to be heavily modified to make it in today's
|>market and that would drive up the cost.

i know what you mean, and i would agree for the most part, but what i
was thinking (and should have said) was in the line of children....  i
don't know about you, but i'm not going to let my son monkey with a
$2000 system until i know he can do so without destroying everything.
in the mean time, i am thinking about letting him "play with" an old
system, maybe one of the XTs that i have laying about, and when he's
old enough to know (roughly) what he's doing, i'll have some
educational programs for my //gs that he can use.  when THAT is "too
small for him", then i'll move him up....

see what i mean?  for many of us, we think "huh?  why bother, when we
can get educational stuff for the PC i have NOW?", and that's a valid
point.  however, there are those that DON'T have a computer, and they
might be thinking about getting one for their children to learn on....

see what i mean?

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William Smith
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