Re: The new C1

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"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message 
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>     Probably, it makes sense to retain IIgs compatibility. That's a lot 
> easier
> to do now than it was a few years ago. But, to be worthwhile as an upgrade
> path, the new platform should be speed upgradeable from 20MHz, support 
> hundreds
> of MB of RAM, offer modern sound and video, and include interfacing for 
> modern
> peripherals.

As an upgrade path, I'd think the convenience of using modern peripherals 
would be enough bait.  I'd love an ATX-formfactor IIgs motherboard that had 
IDE and PC floppy controllers built-in, and used PC133 memory.

I thought the limit on RAM was a problem with GS/OS (8 MB max) not handling 
as much RAM as the IIgs is capable of addressing (16 MB)?  Wouldn't a >8 MB 
IIgs require a GS/OS 7, so to speak?

And an actual 65816 can only be pushed so far, in terms of speed.  To break 
that barrier requires a different CPU.  At what point do we slip away from a 
modern realization of a physical IIgs and become the loathsome Amiga One, an 
emulator running on Linux that is, by consensus alone, identified as an 
Amiga?

Disclaimers aside, I'm all for the idea of a redesigned IIgs with the 
wildest specs possible.  I just hope GS/OS 7 supports the .NET framework, or 
Java.