Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!whitewolf From: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple II Forever! Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 91 16:58:46 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 X-Unparsable-Date: Wed Apr 10 91 at 21:33:51 (EDT) | Todd also made a comment about the Nientendio being soo good because |of the custom hardware for it. Somehow I see a new idea coming out of here. A |computer is just more then its processor right? If we had good customized |chips, then it might not matter as much if we go half or less the speed... Why |do you think the mac's are so slow? Could it be because the CPU does |everything? {Mac IIfx excluded to an extent} All the GS really needs is a |10Mhz chip and a REAL graphics chip and then we'd be rocking. {an increase to |the 64K DOC ram would be really helpful too :)!} ]Rest Deleted[ The co-processor idea is not new... but it is to Apple. Amigas and the NeXT are two examples of computers that use custom co-processors. You're right when it comes to hardware, Apple's stingier than... than... anything. The only thing they do have are FPUs which are only availible in the much more expensive machines. Look how long it took them just to start using VRAMs to improve speed for the SE... I guess the attitude goods back to the Woz... he did almost everything through software to keep cost of the machine down and still do color video and etc... and the disk drive... an attitude loooooooooooooong out dated, and something Apple should realize. Apple does the same thing with the software/hardware except they charge you arm and a leg while keeping the hardware cost down. whitewolf@gnh-starport!info-apple