Re: Reflection

[mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune)]

Thomas M. Schmitz (toms@aloha.net) wrote:

> It's nice to see that USA Today will run a story about orphaned computers and mention the Apple II..
> One of the hardest things I ever did was abandon my IIgs for a PC486-DX2-66.

mistake.  hehehe I'm currently building a 486-DX4/100 to work along side 
the GS doing hard disk recording/midi sequencing/animation/effects in my 
studio.  There is absolutely no point in getting rid of an Apple II to 
make room for a new system (in my opinion).  The two work in conjunction 
like magic.  :)

> A few years ago a good friend of mine said he would stick with his Apple because it got the job done.
> I agreed then, but today it just doesn't hold true anymore - not when so much work is becoming Internet
> intensive.

yes, but there are many other jobs to "get done" that don't involve the 
internet.  Even so, TCP/IP is on the way for the GS.

> I suppose Apple could have transformed the machine into something really great, but it was crippled
> by its video capibility, and making old programs forward compatible would have been a waste of
> effort/cost ratio.

Yeah, they could have, but Apple isn't cool any more.  As far as I'm 
concerned, they don't even deserve to claim the Apple II as theirs.  
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