Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

["Joe Ragosta" <joe.ragosta@dol.net>]

<x-fontsize>12>[Followups to comp.sys.apple2 only - this isn't relevant to BeOS or Mac
>advocacy any more.]
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>Randy Shackelford <shack@deimos.frii.com> wrote:
>
>> If you want a new up do date computer with Apple II compatibility on a
>> card, all you need is a Powermac with a PCI Apple II card to go in it.
>> Would everyone be happy if there were such a card?
>
>Assuming you are suggesting a IIgs-on-a-card, that would be brilliant.
>(A IIe emulation card would be completely useless for me.)  I could save
>half of the space on my desk, and avoid the problem of the eventual
>death of my IIgs monitor (I reckon it has about six months of continuous
>use left, so I've been minimising my use of it).
>
>Of course, if Apple made it, it would probably be a standard speed IIgs,
>not an accelerated one.  :-(
>
>Imagine a PowerMac with PC and Apple II co-processor cards.  Running
>three programs at once.  :-)

There _is_ emulation software available to run Apple IIgs software on a Mac.

Try:

http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jstiles/emulator/</x-fontsize>