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What makes a GS (and the EV1 is not one)



In article <58mv94$jn4@uni.library.ucla.edu>,  <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>If you haven't seen the commercials yet, ask someone in California
>or Arizona to tape it for you.  GM's EV1 is out!  
[snip]
>Rumor has it, the EV1's control systems and displays include a bank
>of 65816 microcontrollers. 

   65816s do not a GS make. I'd consider a Mega II, VGC and a few
other chips to be required for something to be even considered
_similar_ to the GS.

   You can say it's got the same heart, but saying it's got a GS
inside is misleading at best.

Nathan Mates

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