Re: Problems in "Modernizing" a //gs

[Ericlob@cris.com (ERICLOB)]

B.J. Major <bjblackbear@ibm.net> wrote:
>Scott G. wrote:
>
>> Yes.  Basically, their next generation machine _should_ have been
>> Apple II and GS compatible.
>
>This is the only personal comment I'm going to make on this point
>myself; sooner or later, the "backwards compatibility" of ANY computer
>system needs to be cut off and severed *for good*.

I agree. If Java ever works as advertised, this would solve alot of the
problems with supporting legacy applictations.

>This very speculative question of whether or not a modern Apple IIgs
>could exist while running all the demand's of today's software, and
>STILL run all the games and apps from the early 1980s onward is very
>questionable to say the least.  *This is NOT a put-down of the idea to
>have a modern IIgs; it's reality*.  There simply hasn't been a modern
>day machine out there that can run things from that far back (emulators
>not included in this).

Wintel clones are generally backwards compatible. The fact that they
dominate the marketplace is due more to marketing and inertia than any
great feat of engineering (although you have to admire Intel for squeezing
every last drop of performance out of CISC).