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From: labc-3dc@e260-3a.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Disappointed in the IIgs (was: GS/OS and programming standards)
Summary: ack.
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Date: 7 Mar 89 03:40:35 GMT
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In article <9010@claris.com> krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson) writes:
>I have to agree with you here.  With a TransWarp and an FPE, your GS ought
>to be about as fast as an SE.  That's plenty fast enough to make the machine
>actually useful for 16-bit programs that use the new toolbox routines.
>
>But Apple could have made the 7MHz 65816 standard, rather than requiring
>an add-on board.

Some programs, notably arcade games, *cannot* be written for the //gs
because the speed makes it impossible for them to run.  Such programs will
*never* be written when the only way to have a faster machine is to buy
a $400 board.  Therefore part of the software market doesn't exist.

(please withold arguments about graphics coprocessors, the value of
arcade games, or current arcade games that "run just fine."  I know Arkanoid
is very well done, but show me F-15 Strike Eagle GS and I'll reconsider).

>Jeff Erickson       \  Internet: krazy@claris.com          AppleLink: Erickson4

In the GS+ rumor department (I deny all responsibility/credibility/utility):
"The //GSx has been released to software companies.  Upgrades in the ROM
 routines make some QuickDraw II functions work faster, but nothing major
 has changed.  NO speed increase, NO SCSI port."

-- 
fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
labc-3dc@widow.berkeley.edu
"Too young to be cynical, too old to be idealistic"