Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <cjimr3$9q0$1@acme.gcfn.org>,
Dave Althoff Jr <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote:
>Eric Smith (eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com) wrote:
>: dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr) writes:
>: > The Monitor ///, on the other hand, was an abomination from the day it was
>: > first connected to an Apple ][.  It's built to sit on top of a proFile
>: > which is built to sit on top of an Apple /// (which was so successful that
>: > I am surprised that Apple ever introduced any computer with a "3" in its
>: > name ever again.  How many years passed between the Apple /// and the
>: > Macintosh LC-III?).
>
>: When I worked at Apple (1989-1991), they DEFINITELY did not want to
>: introduce anything with a "3" or "III" in the name.  But I suppose that
>: the bad memories had mostly been forgotten within another few years.
>
>I was amazed when they introduced the Macintosh LC-III instead of calling
>it something else.

After skipping Macintosh III for Quadra.

>I was even more amazed when they introduced the machines with the G3 CPU.

I think the curse of the III is done by now.  Anyway, the G3 is
notionally for "Generation 3" of the Motorola PowerPC; the 603 and 604
being representative of generations 1 and 2.  That the G5 is an IBM
chip is proof that marketing triumphs over logic.