Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

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.

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

(Is that shorthand for "GoGoGo"?  8-) )

On the other hand, the Macintosh II and the Macintosh LC-II were not
surprises at all, and I'm surprised we never saw a G2 CPU.  Maybe even a
"G-II".  

Pity I was impatient and bought a G4 machine.  I thought at the time that
since the next logical typographic advance would be called the "G5" I
should have waited.  They could have called the dual-processor unit a
IIG5 and it could sit right next to my IIGS.  8-)

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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