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From: rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. Rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The good old days...
Message-ID: <1287@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 31 Oct 88 22:05:05 GMT
References: <13387@cisunx.UUCP> <4388@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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  In article <4388@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cuthbert@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Robert Cuthbertson) writes:
  >In article <13387@cisunx.UUCP> jon@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Jon M Pearsall) writes:
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  >>And from reading this newsgroup lately: Does anyone out there still own
  >>a //e and not a GS?  Or am I all alone now?  That 'u' button looks
  >>better and better every day.
  >>
  >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jon M. Pearsall, University of Pittsburgh =-=-=-=-=-=-=
  >
  >I have to agree!  I really would rather not miss out on the //+, //e and //c
  >stuff, but I have no particular interest in the ins and outs of GS/OS, etc.
  >
  >Anyone for the creation of comp.sys.apple.gs?  I sure am.
  >
  >--Rob Cuthbertson
  >

This is interesting, and (he says without the slightest trace of humillity
or shame) not at all surprising.  The GS, operating in its native mode
rather than as an over-priced Apple //e, is a separate, distinct
computer.  As one who is primarily interested in the GS side, I
routinely ignore the 8-bit stuff.  It boils down to this, I think; the
Apple IIGS is really not an Apple II, it's just a different computer
that can, for marketablility reasons, pretend its an Apple //e.  The
memory configuration is different, the graphics are different, the sound
capability is different, and the OS is different.

I suspect a separate GS newgroup would be a good idea.  

Bill
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