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From: asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APPLE ][+ / ShrinkIt
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Date: 20 Feb 89 14:19:32 GMT
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Reply-To: asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
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In article <8902200536.AA15596@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-exchange!sschneider@nosc.mil writes:
>Apple Computer (tm) is the one committed to =BACKWARD= compatiblity
>(i.e. everything that now works on the latest will work on machine #1 too) not

Backward compatibility means anything working on the OLDEST will work on
the NEWEST.  To suppose any other method would be ludicrous and hopelessly
insane.  Far as I know, Apple has ALWAYS tried to maintain compatibility
with OLDER machines while offering more/newer things that the OLD machines
WOULDN'T be able to use.

kareth.