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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Mega II (was: Accepting the Mac)
Message-ID: <12372@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 18 Mar 90 01:52:39 GMT
References: <1848@crash.cts.com> <18491@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <12667@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <39559@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Mar17.112032.18069@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>
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In article <1990Mar17.112032.18069@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>The Mega II was not originally designed for the IIGS and its presence is
>the root cause of many common complaints about the IIGS as a product, ...

I don't follow the logic.  Certainly compatibility with existing Apple II
peripherals and software adds substantially to the value of the IIGS, not
detracts from it.  Since existing Apple II peripherals were designed to
work at 1MHz, the IIGS had to slow down when accessing them.  Similar
comments apply to the weird Apple II graphic modes.  If I had wanted to
buy a computer that would be incompatible with my shelves full of Apple
II software, I sure as hell wouldn't have bought one based on the 65816.
In fact I'd probably have gotten a PC clone despite its architectural
ugliness, simply because of the vastly superior availability of new
software.