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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: MacLCw/IIe emulator
Message-ID: <7952@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 90 09:07:57 GMT
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In article <1990Oct18.000603.18849@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>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

	What do you mean it will mean more software for the II?

	If you have the //e card in a Mac, it's ludicrous to write 
// specific software ("for" the Mac w/IIe card since //es may not exist much
longer)... It's crazy because as long as you're already on the Mac you can
use the WIMP interface, etc..

	I think it's AWFUL that the //e card TAKES CONTROL of the 
machine!  If it ran in a window in MultiFinder that would be actually pretty
neat.. but it totally takes control.. 

	By the way, I personally feel the IIe should have been discontinued
(BUT NOT REMOVE SUPPORT FOR, as in new ProDOS versions etc) a while ago...

	The Mega II in the GS IS LITERALLY a //e on a chip, right???
So what more is needed? Only RAM?  If I'm right, then it seems to me
that there could be a //e laptop SMALLER than the Poquet PC!! [Well I'm
for making it 'reasonably' sized for simple ease of use]

	Or rather a //c laptop.. because I think laptop/portable was the
intention of the //c.

	With the //c+ currently being 4 x (right?) faster than a IIe, the
IIe is pointless.. they run the same software but the //c+ is faster,
has a built in 800K drive, etc.. and I believe they're comparably priced.

	If I'm even in the "same ballpark (with the truth)" about my 
presumptions about the //c+ vs the //e, then it seems the //e is redundant.

	A GS laptop would be even better but I honestly believe an 8 bit
Apple // laptop could/would sell like hotcakes!
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