Re: Ultima 6

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In article <53j7kk$d7l@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de>, guenter@student.uni-kl.de
(Marvin) writes:

>.... Apple's marketing staff has
>been very successful in wiping out the memory of the Apple II
>from the minds of all but the stubborn folks on comp.sys.apple2


     Not so easy! As the PBS "'Nerds" program demonstrated, lots of people
remember the II. Apple Marketing 'follows orders'; but, you can bet the
marketing people would love to be pushing a new Apple II.


>Now Gates' hell machines are the standard, I guess because they
>are far more superior than the Apple II architecture...

     If you mean 'more stuff'-- RAM, speed, peripherals, ...--, then, PC's
are superior. The GS has a better way of organizing major sub-systems.
Video and Sound belong on the motherboard because hardware performance &
System software can be optimized and because the maker can establish some
kind of standard.

    The notion that a computer needs Slots to support major upgrades is
passe'. For example, Pentium 166 motherboards now sell for about the same
as the top PC Video cards. Slots are necessary; but, it makes sense to put
all major systems on the motherboard and just swap-in mb's every 2-4
years.

     Sony was right about the viability of a more integrated PC; they
messed up, big-time, on the price and in not linking-up with a major U.S.
producer.

     Lots of would-be new computer buyers know of the 'II Legend'. Lots of
current PC users remain undewhelmed by systems which continually need to
be reconfigured. A new, 50MHz 65xxxx-based, 32MB Apple II would sell like
hotcakes.
  



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