Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New Apple II introductions
Message-ID: <7509@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 21 Mar 88 11:55:06 GMT
References: <8803100916.AA16112@crash.cts.com> <1142@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <855@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <855@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG> rms@meccsd.UUCP (Roger M. Shimada) writes:
>I'm surprised that the SmartPort's lived this long.  Hopefully Apple
>has a slotless gs in mind to replace the //c.

If Apple provided a SCSI port, the IIGS might as well be slotless for
most people.  Consider:
	Slot 1	usurped by serial printer port
	Slot 2	usurped by modem port
	Slot 3	usurped by 80-column firmware
	Slot 4	usurped by mouse
	Slot 5	usurped by 3.5" drives on SmartPort
	Slot 6	usurped by 5.25" drives on SmartPort
	Slot 7	available, needed for SCSI hard disk
On mine, I have MDIdeas's SuperSonic Digitizer in slot 2, and have to
toggle back and forth via the control panel.  All the other slots are
pretty much dedicated to fixed uses.