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From: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple IIGS
Message-ID: <2294@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 22:27:26 GMT
Reply-To: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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   Well, it's my turn to stand up for Apple now.  I have also used Apples for a long time.  I can agree with some of the comments but I have'nt lost hope.  Powerful things are turning up for the GS.  We have GS/OS, for example
   which has promised to lift the 32 meg barrier and allow us to read and write several different operating systems with the use of FST'S.  I personally
   expect to see (at least I hope) the next system software upgrade
   to be in ROM.  I also expect to see a few things like math        
   co-processors and large screen displays for the GS.  After all,
   the quickdraw in the GS is a variation of the quickdraw in the macs (correct me if I am wrong).  The Transwarp GS will run at 7Mhz and it us upgradeable.  As soon as faster 65c816's come out, you will be able to plug them in to the Transwarp (it was originally designed to run at 10 Mhz.  Can anyone here Imagine Appleworks running with the Timeout series at 10 Mhz?!  It would be extrordinaryily fast).  Don't cross the // line of the list yet.  There is still incredible potential (possibly the most expand




able computer in the world?)
   The Zip Chip and Rocket Chip are two new accellerators for the //.  A //e with 1 meg and a Rocket Chip running Appleworks would most likely be able to outperform an 8Mhz XT running Symphony (a 2.8Mhz GS can keep up with a 4.77 Mhz Xt and I have benchmarks to prove it.)

   Well, enough of me.  Someone else join the party.

					Collin Douglas