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Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: David Moles <deivu@eccosys.com>
- Date: 1996/10/24
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.be, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Silicon Surf
- References: <5344fe$36v@masters0.news.internex.net> <elisha-0910962208490001@news.dot.net.au> <325C52F2.62CD@sybase.com> <53mcb6$87f@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <53tdik$l77@europa.frii.com> <54o8mq$1pm8@uni.library.ucla.edu>
I heard once that the IIGS was deliberately speed-crippled
to avoid competing with the Mac. Does anyone know if there's
any truth to that rumor?
My only real problem with the IIGS as compared to, say, a
Mac Plus (that being the machine of record on this thread)
was the composite video. After word processing on a crisp,
clear monochrome screen -- or a good, modern RGB monitor
-- it's very hard to go back.
Although it was nice to be able to format a ProDos disk on
my Powerbook, copy the files over to a IIgs, and print them
out on an Imagewriter, since I'd neglected to leave the
Imagewriter driver on my Powerbook...
--D