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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AE Rumors
Message-ID: <15570@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 25 Mar 91 09:22:24 GMT
References: <13028@ucrmath.ucr.edu> <1991Mar24.203009.2055@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <13033@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <13033@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:
>Wet Dream: WDC produces a 12.5 Mhz 65032 (with 32-bit bus interface) and
>Apple builds a machine around it.  Such a device would probably compete
>fairly with 16 & 20 Mhz 68020 machines.  A fast '816 with its 8-bit bus
>doesn't really stand a chance.

I don't see how, apart from the evidence that Apple was still interested
in the future of the Apple II line, such a product would help.  The reason
for not buying an Apple II have nothing to do with processor speed;
existing applications generally run acceptably on the current IIGS
(especially with one of the CPU accelerators installed).  The real problem
is that there is practically no current software being developed and
marketed for the Apple IIGS.  If one wishes to buy a PC today, the best
choice is normally going to be a fast PC/AT clone, due to the great
software support for it.