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From: asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Future of the Apple II, and misc. questions
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Date: 4 Feb 89 03:55:38 GMT
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Reply-To: asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
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In article <458@madnix.UUCP> rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:
>       - faster speed (10Mhz or more)
16Mhz, i like numbers that are powers of 2!

>       - coprocessors (graphics, sound, io)
Graphics processor a MUST! and with capability of using huge screens, like
the monoliths that the Macs can display on.

>       - more standard memory
standard memory slots, maybe SIMM?, so don't need some board occupying
room in an already small compartment.

>For the future?  How about:
>
> - a Prodos16 which will run on an Apple II (any variety) with the 65802?
Won't happen unfortunately unless Apple makes a computer with a 65802.
After all, that'd make three different Prodos systems.  Starting to get hairy..

> - a IIGS running 10MHz+ with a 65832 and floating point coprocessor?
No, a IIgs with 16MHz running some of the even newer parallel processing chips
that Weisch (sp?) is working on!  But for now I can settle with a 16Mhz 65832.

> - an *AFFORDABLE* unix or unix clone for the Apple II?
>        ..note: if the II is *powerful* enough, unix WILL work!
DEFINITELY!

Time for miscellaneous questions:

1) What happened to Applied Ingenuity?  I saw one, very small add for there
   products several months ago, never seen an add again.

2) Other than the fact that the Apple SCSI card can partition from software,
   a nice feature I think, what makes it incompatible with the standard
   SCSI?

3) Is anybody gonna repost bounce.it?  Or did anybody figure out how to
   uudecode it?  Failed miserably when I tried it.

4) Does anybody know anything about Rodime drives?  Saw them recently
   advertising drives for the Apple, 140 Meg for $1500, vs 90 Meg Sider with
   60 Meg tape for $2500.  BTW, anybody have a huge (around the Rodime 140
   Meg size) for the Apple they'd like to sell me *cheap*?  A Rodime 140
   be nice also! :-)

5) Has anybody seen the Byte article that shows a Mac SE/30 being as fast if
   not faster than a Mac IIx?  Hmmm, Apple did that with the IIc+ and IIgs,
   hmm, wonder what's up their sleeves.....

6) TO KEITH OR WHOEVER AT APPLE:  Drop the old 800K line of 3.5 drives and
   start cranking out those 1.44M drives!!!!!  I WANT ONE!!!!  System disk
   on a 800K with DAs/fonts/etc is getting mighty cramped and am having to
   wait a while for my mega-meg huge hard drive.  And offer some kind of
   upgrade kit for folks who don't wanna junk or spend money for the new
   ones!

That's it for now folks.

kareth.