Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ericmcg
From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple Doesn't support their Existing User Base
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Date: 25 May 91 18:45:04 GMT
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>You should hear all the Mac users bitching about the fact that Apple has
>no (announced) plan to upgrade 32-bit dirty ROMs on their older macs.
>It sounds like all the whining that goes on around here!  I can hardly
>wait for the Apple RISC machines to appear!  That'll take some wind out
>of the Mac snobbery sails!
>*** RAndy Hyde

If Apple stays with the 88000 chipset then they will likely include a 680x0
emulation package to retain compatibility with older software. Apple may be
many things, but it does insure compatibility with the installed base, and
goes well out of its way to do so. At least for a couple years.

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