Re: Have we forgotten this newsgroup is about the _Apple2_ ????

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <Co5o6L.77G@crash.cts.com> shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford) writes:

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>Little hard to dissociate it with the Apple II when it says "Apple II" right on
>the front. Anyone who wanted a whiz-bang GUI multimedia machine that has 
>nothing to do with the II would be better off with that other kind of machine
>that Apple makes. 

The Mac was a terrible multimedia computer. It is only now that it is catching
up. You can't be serious, even 3 years ago the Mac had 4 voice terrible sound,
not NTSC output, VOC solutions that cost thousands, etc...Times have changed,
but then if one were looking for a current multimedia computer the GS would be
a good choice at a reasonable price, the Mac a debatable choice at the higher
end and the Amiga far better there. QuickTime is just not a reasonable
solution to anything. Neat toy though. My kids like it.

>>In short, since Apple has stopped making it, we should perhaps start
>>calling it a GS and have a comp.sys.GS newsgroup.
>
>For better or worse, the IIgs is a II. No changing that. Notice I always say
>IIgs and not GS.

I've always said GS, and not IIGS.

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