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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS Wish List/Apple twoee compatiblity
Summary: One way compatibility
Message-ID: <1123@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 17 Feb 90 05:30:52 GMT
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Organization: Ohio University CS Dept., Athens
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> >  I am not saying drop the //, I love it, I still have my //c, eventhough I
> >don't use it much, but I think that the GS with its enhanced graphics and
> >sound should not be made to run // software.
> 
> It's not like someone is forcing every GS to run // software.  It would
> actually be more work now to REMOVE the compatibility.
> 
> >Robert Brown
> 
> Brian Willoughby

I agree. I think that there are actually two compatibility arguments going
on at the same time causing a great deal of confusion. GS authors would
probably do best if they wrote for the GS; period. On the other hand, 
leaving the ability to run 8 bit apple software in the GS is just not 
that difficult. Why not have the best of both worlds?


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