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From: nuwilken@ndsuvax.UUCP (Scott Wilken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS/OS V3.0 & New GS
Message-ID: <2852@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 89 15:48:01 GMT
References: <8908201400.AA26864@trout.nosc.mil>
Reply-To: nuwilken@ndsuvax.UUCP (Scott Wilken)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <8908201400.AA26864@trout.nosc.mil> kirk@pro-realm.cts.com (Kirk Kamberg) writes:
>I am also saddened by the fact that the new ROMs can not be put into existing
>GS's. I think this shows Apple's design inadequacy from day one. Build your
>
>                        o Multitasking enviroment
>                        o Higher resolution
>                        o Faster clock speed
>                        o Inter-Machine transfer of data
Just because a new rom wont fit directly in your GS doesnt mean it is a
design inadequacy.  The roms are designed to fit on a completely new board.     
as for multitasking:  Thats is *NOT* a hardware limitation.  Multitasking
depends on the operating system (Example: UNIX).  If you really want to see
multitasking, then write a new OS, heck ill buy it....  Higher Resoltion:
at the time the gs was released (around 3 yrs ago), the graphics it has were
pretty darn impressive,  VGA was more or less still a concept.  Faster clock
speed:  Im not to sure on my facts on this one, but my guess is that 2.8
mhz was the fastest *READILY* available 65816 at the time.

Im not to sure what you  mean buy Inter-Machine transfer of data, but if you
mean a utility to convert stuff from other computers to yours (EX Macintosh),
look on GEnie, there are lots of them.  Roger Wagner also makes a nice one (or
so Jerry Kindall tells me).  If you mean Null Modem transfers, *ANY* computer
can do that.  If you mean networking, look at your appletalk port.

The bottom line is that you are comparing the gs to machines that are much
newer and advanced.  The Amiga 2500 is only a year old, PS/2's with micro-
channeling are much newer, Mac IIcx's are much newer.

If you want leading edge of technology, buy a NeXT.  (Heck, even those are
just rehashing old ideas in new ways.....) 

Scott




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