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From: kamath@reed.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 65802 update
Summary: a 65802 does not a GS make.
Keywords: 65802, Apple GS
Message-ID: <9451@reed.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 88 19:02:33 GMT
References: <8806011323.aa12019@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <8806011323.aa12019@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> DPRY@SIUEMUS.BITNET (Raul Ybarra) writes:
>I have been seeing a lot of commentary about the 65802 update for the
>Apple //e.  I personally am not familiar with it and what it can do.
>I do know that it supposedly make the //e into a little gs.  I have
>been considering this update but am a little uncertain.
>
>I'd like to ask for some opinions of this update chips as well as
>some price ranges for it.  I'd also like some opinions on the Apple
>//gs as well.
>
>Thanks
>Raul Ybarra
>

Well, not really.  In fact, for those who don't program, it's pretty much
useless.  Really.  Sure, it's the *SAME* silicon chip that's in a GS< but it
doesn't have the ROM, the rest of the hardware, or the same silly Mac-like
interface guideline limitations. . . :-) (I couldn't resist.)

Almost nothing will take advantage of the chip, which you should be able to
get for ~$20.  But if you program, then you can have some *fun*.

Sean Kamath

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