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From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Accepting the Mac (was Re: More Macweek Rumors)
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Date: 21 Mar 90 21:13:29 GMT
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In a previous article asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Doug McClure) writes:
>Might be nice to have a board for Mac users who would like access to
>AppleII but I sure don't see it as a replacement for the AppleII.  They
>ARE two different lines, they've ALWAYS been two different lines, I
>don't see it changing anytime soon, if even ever.  If anything, I vote
>for merging the Mac into the AppleII vs. AppleII into Mac.  After all,
>we (AppleII's) paid for them so in essence, they exist only because of
>AppleII's.  Be funny seeing what Mac users thought about that!  I don't
>even wanna know, cuz I could care less, it ain't gonna happen.
>
>-k

The main reason that I still find my Apple ][ and //e useful is the
variety of hardware that I can plug into it.  EPROM programmers and
Analog to Digital sound recording just don't work with ][-in-a-Mac.
Personally, I don't find a computer very useful unless it can interface
to the physical world.

Actually, merging the Mac into the Apple ][ would be easier than the
reverse.  The 'Classic' Mac (I prefer 'Mac-in-a-box') doesn't have any
slots anyway.  So it would be quite easy to put a handful of chips on a
card to give Mac Plus compatibility on an Apple ][.  But you can forget
any kind of useful Apple ][ in a Mac, because the lack of Apple ][
compatible slots would render such a product useless to many Apple ][
users.

Brian Willoughby
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