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In article <858@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu.UUCP (Gordon E. Banks) writes:
>The Mac II offers so many advantages, that I think it will
>take over as the main line product as the price drops.
>It isn't hard to write games for it, and as new games come
>out, they will all work on the Mac II (some don't even work
>on the SE, including Dark Castle, don't forget).  The mac
	    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>II will be upgradable for a long time (see the Apple II),
>but the SE will probably only last 2-3 years.  The only
>reason I can see to order the SE is if you need the small physical
>size.

This is untrue.  Dark Castle works perfectly on the SE, since Apple retained
support for the alternate screen-buffer.  Essentially the only differences
between the Mac Plus 128k ROM and the Mac SE 256k ROM (VERY different from the
Mac II 256k ROM) are a re-written (=debugged) SCSI Manager and new routines to 
support the ADB keyboard/mouse interface.  Assertion: The Mac SE is a faster, 
more easily expandable Mac Plus, with a better keyboard, a MUCH nicer mouse, and
a more robust power supply.
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