Re: Dumb question about the IIe card on the Mac

[Roger Johnstone <roger@ihug.invalid>]

In <pan.2004.01.03.06.28.08.458675@bob.dynalias.net> Matt Jenkins  wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:36:59 -0500, Bill Garber wrote:
> 
>> It's actually better than a IIe because
>> you can utilize space on the LCs hard drive,
>> and it's 1.44 MB floppy. Kinda like a IIe
>> with a hard drive and a superdrive card
>> installed. ;-)
> 
> Complete with graphics that don't update quite fast enough, and look
> a bit wierd. :-)
> 
> But you do get the bonus 2mhz acceleration option....
> 
> Anyway I'm being facetious... In the absence of a IIe plugged full of
> goodies, it works pretty well.

I've never used the IIe card, but from what I understand the display 
handling is better in the later, faster LC computers. The original LC 
was a bit too slow to do it in software.

I recently picked up a Mac Plus and installed the program "][ in a Mac" (
available from http://emulation.net/apple2/), an old software-only Apple 
IIe emulator. It only works properly on the original "toaster" Macs 
running System 6 or earlier, so this was the first opportunity I've had 
to see it running. By gad, it actually works too! It only runs at about 
1/2 to 2/3 real speed, but it's doing it all in software on an 8MHz Mac.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

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