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Re: "official" FSF position on apple

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From: Jim Wong
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 20:17
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In article <1992Oct2.193435.12355@cgrg.ohio-state.edu> derek@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Dariusz Bolski) writes:
>
>See point one. In the case of Mac emulator on Amiga it is still cheaper
>to buy A500 and Mac emulator than Mac Plus. And it runs faster (graphics)
>and have much larger screen.
>
>Not every Apple Macintosh can do everything what Apple Macintosh can.
>These do all what Mac Plus does (they take Mac Plus ROMs).
>


Whoopee.  Accelerate that creaking 1986 technology.  Love that 24-bit
addressing, no Color QuickDraw, max 4MB of RAM, no sound chip machine.
Emulating a Mac Plus is about as interesting as building a 286-based
PC clone.


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Jim Wong (jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu)
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