Re: Apple II Commercials

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

: Imagine had Apple continued to develop the GS.  We would be at
: least four years ahead at this time.  If the GS was four years
: ahead of the Mac Plus (able to match the Mac LC evolved from
: the Mac Plus) today's PowerGS would be an awesome sight indeed.
: Imagine a fast RISC based machine with an Apple Interface GUI
: and a modern GS/OS with modules such as FST's to read many
: file systems rather than that clunky "PC Exchange" thingy.
: Imagine having GNO/ME built into the OS as a UNIX integrated
: into the GS/OS and under the Desktop.  Imagine this modernized
: GS/OS UNIX platform, now with a modernized RISC CPU running
: at 300MHz or above with full protected memory and virtual
: memory implementation.  Imagine an ultra-fast bus, perhaps
: with a few (like ISA in modern PC) Apple BUS slots in addition
: to PCI for your old peripheral cards.  Imagine a built in
: dedicated video acceleration subsystem and a modern wavetable
: synthesis system from Ensoniq.  Now imagine that in a small
: window on the 1024x1024 screen is the original AppleWorks GS,
: still compatible, running hundreds of times faster.  Round
: this off with an Apple announcer saying: "PowerGS.  The power
: to be your best."

Imagine if people would stop spouting the same ridiculous crap over and over.
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