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Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
- Subject: Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
- From: icssofty@aol.commonality (ICS Softy)
- Date: 15 Aug 2003 11:53:44 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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>In message <k2gekzooubd.fsf@legolas.mdh.se>, Anders Carlsson
><anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se> writes
>>In an attempt to bring this somewhat on-topic again; which computer,
>>chip or peripheral do you nominate as the most "castrated"? I don't
>>quite know, but my first thought is the 68008.
>
>Apple IIgs. Easily capable of 8Mhz, Apple knocked it back to 2.8 so it
>was slower than the monochrome and more expensive Mac SE...
>
>Richard
>--
It >still< outran the MacSE.
Apple settled on 2.8Mhz because that was the fastest available (and reliable in
quantity) 65816 at the time that would work (reliably) with all the other
custom hardware in the ROM00 and 01 motherboards..
Larry :)