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From: mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.com (Mark Munz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS Wish List/Apple twoee compatiblity
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Date: 2 Feb 90 03:50:44 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from RXBROWN@UALR.BITNET

>  I think maybe we GS users and Apple should really consider 
>weather or not we want to be strapped into the // c^%AQibility(sp?). 
>I think it has hurt the GS a bit. 
> [ Deleted some stuff ]
>
>The reason I think this way is because I think it hurt the GS 
>from the start (compatibility (sp?)), and now we are supposed 
>to get a new machine so, that will give us more support. 

What truly hurt the Apple IIGS computer is:

1) the 65816 (at 2.8 Mhz) can't handle all the complex graphics.
   Heck, the 68000 at 7Mhz can't!! A 68030 Mac SE/30 seems to
   be a good minimum CPU system for handling such graphicly
   intense environments.

2) The GS resolution sucks. I've heard developers beg for 640x400
   since day one. Again, be sure to see item #1.


I would like to applaud the System 5.0 authors who have have
pushed some of the 65816 limits -- and I usually only complain!!

The IIGS is a great computer, but it would be really nice to see
some Text-based programs utilizing the POWER of the 65816. Imagine
what your CPU could do if it wasn't bogged down with doing graphics
all the time!!

ROSE 16 is a great example of how incredibly fast a text-based
65816 program CAN run. And it SCREAMS at 7Mhz!!

Mark Munz