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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
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Date: 26 Oct 88 13:50:22 GMT
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>Golden Gate project?
>
>Assuming I'm reading into the name what I'm supposed to, I REALLY want to see
>that vaporware column you have!
>
>Brendan G. Hoar
>Carnegie Mellon University
>Pittsburgh, PA
>bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu

"Golden Gate" is alleged to be a machine that will run BOTH IIgs and
Macintosh software.  The rumor seems consistent with an earlier report
that, by the end of '89, Apple will offer a color Macintosh specifically
tailored to the needs of the K-12 market.  Apple II emulation software
for the Mac already exists, and there is no reason why a Mac can't
read 3.5 inch ProDOS disks.  Making a Mac (especially one with a
68020 CPU) which can run IIgs software would only require adding the
additional instructions available to the 65816 to the existing 6502
emulations - doesn't seem implausible; if Apple doesn't do it, I'd
expect some 3rd party vendor to market the emulation anyway.

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