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From: lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lunatic)
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Subject: Re: 10 mhz chips
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Date: 19 Nov 89 07:34:38 GMT
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In article <632@batman.moravian.EDU> nicholaA@batman.moravian.EDU (Andy Nicholas) writes:
>Wait a second -- why do we need another incompatible bus architecture?  What
>could be done to bring something akin to nubus to the Apple II?  I thought
>nubus supported some type of "master/slave" architecture that would be
>beneficial in a situation like this.  Does anyone know anything about
>nubus and its possible integration with a II cpu?  Any of the apple guys?
>

   \/\/e need another incompatible bus standard because even if it IS
possible to adapt NuBus to the Apple II, I'm sure it would involve a
lot of time, effort, money, etc.  The solution I presented and 
rankins@zaire.crd.ge.com (raymond r rankins) expanded upon is simple
(compared to adapting NuBus), a lot less expensive, realizeable in a
much shorter period of time, *AND* fully compatible with all the
hardware existing for the ][+, IIe and IIGS today!  There would be no
need for two types of slots, a (much) larger case, or anything.  As to
adapting NuBus, do you seriously think that Apple would be willing to
put that much more into hardware development just for the IIGS?  (I'm
thinking about the bottom line, here.)

>andy 
>
>-- 
>Andy Nicholas                      InterNET: shrinkit@moravian.edu
>Box 435, Moravian College              uucp: rutgers!liberty!batman!shrinkit
>Bethlehem, PA  18018      GEnie & AM-Online: shrinkit


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