🚀 go-pugleaf

While what you say is true, I think that your flame is still
unjustifie. Consider the simple fact that Apple has done more than any 
manufacturer I know of to maintain upward compatibility across an evolving
line of computers. 

I think it is unreasonable to expect programmers *not* to take
advantage of the additional features that the 128K and 256K ROMs 
provide. The new features provide faster operation, bug fixes,
and additional routines  that make the task of writing
a Mac application quicker and easi I'm sorry, but the 128K Macintosh
and the 512K (old ROM) Macintosh are *obsolete*. 

I own a 512K Macintosh with the old ROMs in it, and I intend to 
pay $300 to upgrade to the 512KEnhanced. It's not much to pay.

"What I'm looking at here is essentially a $3000 computer system
that is becoming an obsolete piece of junk in less than 2 years..."

	Speak for yourself. By your standards, my nearly-2-year-old 512K Mac
is an obsolete piece of junk, but I'm *still* doing useful and
serious development work on it. And I don't own a hard drive.
IF it's a worthless and obsolete piece of junk, then it's
you who are making it so, and not anyone else.

What about the IBM PC series? They're several years old, but most
of them I know are still in use. (Not taht I'm defending IBM here; I'm
merely providing example). The AT came out, and now the PS/2 series, but
(and) both are incompatible with the original PC, but
how much pissing and moaning do you hear from IBM owners?


Think about it.

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