Re: Which Apple II?

[email@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> > What would you need with four 5.25" drives?  How is two not enough?  How
> is
> > GS/OS an imitation of modern OSes when it preceeded them?  I agree though
> > that DOS is superior.
> 
> I have to agree that two 5.25 drives is sufficient, BUT, how is DOS
> superior to GS/OS? 

I wouldn't go so far as to call it superior - just simpler, faster and
easier on disk space...

<snip>

> Since when is 64k of ram equivalent to 6 to 8 mb?

That depends on the program... or the programmer... you can be very
thrifty with 64K or terribly wasteful with 8 mb and end up with the same
functionality. Of course GS software doesn't compare to modern software
in terms of bloating and inefficiency.

> Maybe I got spoiled by the GUI
> revolution, but nonetheless, the GS is everything the II+ is and beyond.

Careful Bill, you're gonna talk your way into a 486 eventually ;-)

-simon
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