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Re: Apple ][gs VGA Card
In article <36ajr0$oa5@cnct.com> radelgre@cnct.com (Rob Del Greco) writes:
> : Furthermore, for it to work reasonably well, it will require an
> : accelerated GS, probably >14Mhz for reasonable performance at high
> : resolutions. Even if the card does do some of the graphics processing
> : on board, serious applications that use serious resolution
> : still need plenty of processing power. Thus, you are limiting your
market
> : to Rom 3 GSs with accelerators. Even then, in that minute nice of the
> : computer market, you still have no software support.
>
> Why just ROM 03? I have a ROM 01. Why wouldn't it work?
>
> Rob Del Greco
You are missing the point. What I ment was that you will need a fast GS if
you are going to use the card with any serious applications (like CAD,
DTP, etc.) and Rom 1 GS's can't be accelerated past about 8Mhz.
It seems that I have sturred up a bit of a hornets nest here. Let me put
my comments in context. I have been an Apple II supporter since about
1984. I currently have 3 Apple II's, (A IIe, II+ and a GS will all options
including 120Mb fast SCSI hard drive, 4meg simm ram, etc.). Thus, I am not
your average Apple II critic. I have tried in the past (when Apples had a
stronger following than they do now) to develop products for Apple II's
with limited success due to the small market. All that I was trying to do
is pass my experience on and make sure that you realized the commercial
realities. If you have worked everything out, then fine, go for it. But I
wont be forking out US$180 until I see some software support. Now, before
I get flamed, I know this is the chicken and egg problem, but I have spent
nearly $4000 on my GS system and the state of the Apple II market now
means that I can't even get 1/4 of that if I wanted to sell it. Thus, I
have to consider carefully before I pour more money into a black hole that
I know it will never reappear from.
Dom.
(Apple II forever, as long as it is competitive...)
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