Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: MacLCw/IIe emulator
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.000603.18849@utstat.uucp>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 00:06:03 GMT
References: <9010171437.AA06284@apple.com>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <9010171437.AA06284@apple.com> CMDSEN@primeg.weeg.uiowa.edu writes:
>Now that Macintosh Computer Company, Inc. is planning on releasing a new
>Apple IIe :-)  (the MacLC with emulator card for guessed $199) will they be
>releasing some new system software for the II's?

I assume the IIe board is there to provide a transistion to those people
who have IIe software but also want to use a Mac. This can only be good
for the educational community and even 6502 based Apple's. It will mean
more software for the II,etc...I don't understand why some people regard
this as a bad thing. These "bridgeboards" have been around in the PC
world for quite a while. If people mainly use IIe's that's what they
will get. Better to have this hybrid than to have people junking their
II software and moving to another platform.

I do hope the educational community will make the best out of the LC. Apple
should have done this 2 years ago. I hope it isn't too late for them.

The funny thing which I find puzzling is the fact that there has not, to
the best of my knowledge, been a price cut for the GS. It would be a shame
to waste the GS's considerable assets needlessly.

I can only hope that Apple will cut the price of the GS, perhaps in half,
improve it slightly( speed, graphics) and work on a "MacGS". That is a
GS on a board in the LC. I guess time will tell. If they don't drop the
price, then I would have to infer that they don't want people to buy it.
That would be a great shame as GS users would be left with nowhere to go.
This has never been Apple's way so...

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]