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From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Stuff
Keywords: IIgs+?
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Date: 20 Sep 88 21:52:11 GMT
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In article <167@thelink.UUCP> oliver@thelink.UUCP (Joel Sumner) writes:
>If Apple insists on having 8-bit/16-bit downward compatability, is there any
>way to expand the data lines to the rest of the machine up to 32 data paths..
...
I'd hope that by the time a 65c832 machine comes out (//GSe+?) Apple will
have standardized on NuBUS across their product line, in the spirit of
encouraging peripheral sharing.  'old' Apple ][ bus cards could be accessed
through some sort of repeater-to-external Apple ][ backplane arrangement.
(Well, maybe I don't hope for that, but it would be a nice idea.)
Each new machine since the Apple //e has had a 'special' expansion connector
in addition to the regular Apple ][ bus.