Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat (GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH) wrote:
: In <55346l$217@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> jeffr@bnr.ca writes:

: > In article <28OCT199612481191@vax2.concordia.ca>,
: > Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
: > >
: > >I see software emulation (or a hareware card) acting as a bridge, until you
: > >finally convert totally over to the new system (Apple II->Macintosh). I doubt
: > >any people with GuS will be using AppleWorks GS, when they can use MS-Word
: > >or PageMaker on the same machine.
: > 
: > I'm gonna break netiquette, and say a big fat "Me too!".  I agree with that
: > statement.  If you've got a PowerMac, why run IIgs software?  What IIgs
: > software is better than the latest Mac stuff?
: Mee too..to some degree.

: IMHO, there are truckloads of extraordinary games and other stuff that have no
: equivalent on the Mac. I can't tell you how we felt when Alien Mind was up and

(snippage)
: - bozo

As usual, our Swiss friend is entirely right. In fact, I wrote a long 
article (which bored everyone but me) on reasons to use GS software on a 
PowerMac. The reasons broke down into the following colourful phrases:

1. "The little old lady from Pasadena..." (If you only drive your 
spreadsheet once a month, then by all means continue to use Visicalc. 
Excel would be overkill, and expensive to boot).

2. "You can flog a willing horse another mile..." (Retain your old files, 
BASIC programs, etc. without the bother of translation).

3. "Two houses, both alike in dignity..." (As Henrik said, some GS stuff 
is as good as Mac stuff. He mentioned Alien Mind. I'd mention ChessMaster).

4. "Take it with you when you go..." (The lure of the first laptop GS)

5. "FAster, higher, cheaper..." (A GS emulator is one thing, but 
emulation of a 14MB, 40 or 100 MHz GS is quite another. Given software 
bloat, running tight GS programs in emulation mode might be a _very_ 
pleasant alternative to bloatware).

I ended the article by quoting Tennyon's _Ulysses_, with reference to GS 
programs:

"Though much is taken, much abides, and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are -" 

-Gareth