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From: laba-4an@web8b.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS Plus?
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Date: 20 Mar 88 21:05:22 GMT
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Reply-To: laba-4an@web8b.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Andy McFadden)
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Keywords: Super //
Summary: Look at it this way...

Everybody keeps judging the //gs by the Amiga.  Look at it this way:

Take a generic, enhanced //e ($$)
Add a sound board (Mockingboard)
    a 65816
    an accelerator board
    256K RAM
    an RGB card
    a mouse
    a Super Serial Card
    an 80-column card
    a clock card
    a keyboard buffer
    a card that performs interrupts
    all of the built-in //gs toolkit software (incl RAM disk)

What would you pay for all of this?

There are those who say that the //e should have had these all along.

Now it does.

I use the //gs-specific stuff about 1% of the time; usually I use AppleWorks,
ProTERM, or Merlin (ProDOS 8).  Why not accept the //gs as a very
enhanced //e?  If you really want an Apple Amiga, screw old Apple // program
support and make an Apple Amiga.

If course, if Apple WAS able to create a //gs with super speed, incredible
graphics, AND be able to run AppleVision, things would be much different...

-- 
"Apple // Forever"