Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpisod2!jem From: jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Mac vs. Apple II line Message-ID: <13980001@hpisod2.HP.COM> Date: 27 Mar 90 01:15:10 GMT References: <1990Mar20.103837.1940@rbdc> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 38 In your posting to comp.sys.apple, you write: You'r forgetting the point that very soon there is going to be a slew of user software popping out of companies, and they will be requireing mega cpu time. A wimpy computer will be ignored because the programmer won't want to wait just to debug the stuff. I wouldn't. It's like taking a pee shooter to stop a criminal. maybe you'll shot him in the eye and blind him, but why use the pee shooter when you've got an elephant gun? nagendra ---------- Irrelevant. Development for the Apple // could be done on a more powerful system, either through cross-assembly or emulation. A Mac IIfx might be just the ticket -- especially considering the fact that it has two well-disguised Apple //s on its circuit board. They do the I/O work. Why not use them as the emulation base for a fast-turnaround development system? Apple // developers should use an "elephant gun." That would get the Apple // software out the door in a hurry. USO Jim McCauley USO GSY/USO/HP-UX Learning Products USO Learning Products Engineer USO General Systems Division USO Hewlett Packard Company USO XXX USOUSOUSO XXX XXX XXX XXX 19447 Pruneridge Avenue USO XXX USOUSOUSO XXX XXX XXX XXX Mail Stop 48SO USO XXX USO USO XXX XXX XXX XXX Cupertino CA 95014 USOUSOUSO USOUSOUSO XXX XXX XXX XXXXX USOUSOUSO USOUSOUSO XXX XXX XXX XXXXX (408) 447-4993 XXX XXX USO XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX USO XXXXXXXXX XXX XXX jem@hpulpcu3.hp.com XXX XXX USO XXXXXXX XXX XXX Disclaimer: My employer has no idea that I have any opinions.