Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!pro-avalon.cts.COM!carlb From: carlb@pro-avalon.cts.COM (Carl Boernecke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Applefest & //c+ Message-ID: <8809190157.AA21394@crash.cts.com> Date: 19 Sep 88 00:41:51 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pnet01!pro-avalon!carlb@nosc.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) writes: |It [the Apple IIc+] is too little, too late. [...] I have to disagree, some people think it is what will keep the II-line alive until the GS+ arrives. |By that time, even the fabled 65c832 will not be able to compete with the |comtemporary, 25 MHz or more machines. [...] I seriously doubt that -- if the 65C832 is anything like the rumors that have been flying around, then it will be an EXCELLENT chip, and a good contender in the 90's. True, not as good as the other computer's CPU's, but it will be a contender. |Besides, the //c is no more than a Laser 128EX with a 3.5 drive. And NO |EXPANSION SLOT! As I understand it, that's all it was supposed to be, nothing more, nothing less. |Capt. Albratross |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu |--------------------------( Carl Boernecke )-------------------------| Send | UUCP: crash!pro-avalon!carlb InterNet: carlb@pro-avalon.cts.com | E-Mail | ARPA: crash!pro-avalon!carlb@nosc.mil ProLine: carlb@pro-avalon | to --> | ProLine [pro-avalon] - (619) 271-0131 - 300-2400 bps - 24 hours | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|