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From: steve@pnet51.cts.com (Steve Yelvington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: A Serious Thought About the FUTURE <============================
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Date: 27 Nov 88 19:33:24 GMT
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sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Seth D. Kadesh") writes:
>
>Apple is the only computer company that strongly markets computers with two
>different processors: the 68000 series, and the 6502 series.  No other company
>does this - I.B.M. computers are all in the 8080 family.  Atari and Commodore
>are also 68000.  Where does this leave everyone?  Apple has two distinct product
>lines, and THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM!!!!!  I have nothing against the
 
Perhaps "strongly" is the key word here, but I must point out that Atari and
Commodore also still have 6502-based computers on the market: the 65XE, XEGS
(game system) and 130XE in Atari's case; the C64 and C128 in Commodore's case.
Neither company has any plans to move those systems up to more powerful but
compatible CPUs, but that's simply a recognition that the 6502 architecture
is no longer in the mainstream. On the other hand, those product lines
continue to be money-makers and (rumors aside) continue to be supported.
 
Since Thanksgiving, the local computer retailers have been pushing the IIGS
pretty heavily in newspaper advertising. Since there are so many in the
schools, I expect they'll sell quite a few -- but I sure wouldn't shell out
the rather substantial prices they're charging for a machine whose future
strikes me as dismal.
 
(My ST may have a dismal future too, but it was cheap. ... :-) 


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