Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!rlcollins From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A talk with an Apple person............ Message-ID: <2913.27444614@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 17 Nov 90 01:03:31 GMT References: Lines: 28 In article , sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) writes: > Just wanted to share some stuff with everyone: [Stuff Deleted] > The LC was a beta machine. It looked really cool, and I was hoping to > get a chance to play with the //e card, BUT they didn't have the card. > Major Disappointment. > > I did talk to the guy (he was quite friendly). Let's see....among other > things, he claimed that the //e card for the LC was a real //e, as > opposed to the hacked (my word - I can't recall what he said) //e > EMULATION on the GS. I didn't know the GS EMULATES a //e..... The way I understand it, the 65816 chip thats in the GS has a 6502 emulation mode that runs the Apple ][ software. The card for the LC must have a real 65C02 chip on it. It would be the proper way to emulate a computer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o__)\ rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET / ) RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu / / ____ R.COLLINS1 (On GEnie) /(____/__(_) o)_/ /) [ || ] Atari Computers, "There is no Substitute." [ || ] They're not just Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er geniryvat // || \\ for breakfast gbb pybfr! // || \\ anymore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~