Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!newton.ccs.tuns.ca!macausla From: macausla@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Robert MacAusland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple Message-ID: <90Sep20.183941edt.57446@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Date: 20 Sep 90 22:35:04 GMT References: <0093CF947DB21A40.00000110@dcs.simpact.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 Scott Rothstein said >Apparently, Apple felt that ][ compatibility was more important than making a >truly great machine. We could have had a fast machine -- they cut it back to >fit the architecture for the older ]['s. >scottr@applesauce.bb.ny I think that about sums it all up. I would gladly give of ][ compatibility in order to make the GS the machine it should have been in the first place. -- /* Robert MacAusland -> macausla@newton.ccs.tuns.ca */