Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!sk2f+ From: sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Seth D. Kadesh") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Golden Gate Project? Message-ID: Date: 26 Oct 88 15:58:19 GMT Article-I.D.: andrew.EXNTMPt58k-0030nIw Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 I am writing this without very much knowledge of the rumor, so if I sound like I don't know what I'm talking about, it's because I don't. Having just read two posts which mentioned the Golden Gate Project, I felt the necessary urge to add yet another comment to the growing list of requests/ concerns about the future of the Apple IIx. If what I read was correct, and the rumors prove true, the Golden Gate Project should be a machine capable of running both Mac and Apple IIx software. Sounds impressive, but just on that fact, there is a problem.I feel that many of the Apple IIx users do not want to see a new computer which just runs their software - that smacks of emulation. The Apple IIx computer share more than just software. They are also hardware - that ability that the user has to open the case and tinker. The hobbyist's computer. So Apple added slots to the Mac - I haven't seen the inside of a Mac II, but I'm not sure I would want to tinker with it. The Mac is already capable of running Apple software. There are several programs that emulate the Apple II (I'm not sure of the specifications; the program is called II in a Mac (?)). I'm not sure if my point is clear - I would like to hear what everyone else thinks. Maybe Apple should create an independent company to develop the Apple IIx? Like Claris. Let Apple think clearly about their NeXT computer! --Seth Kadesh sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu Too bad the Mad Scientist doesn't know anything about people...