Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Comdex & Apple ][
Message-ID: <1990Nov24.052131.23879@utstat.uucp>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 05:21:31 GMT
References: <crash!pro-magic.cts.com!mikeu@NOSC.MIL> <9011232055.AA10846@apple.com>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <9011232055.AA10846@apple.com> MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes:
>On Wed, 21 Nov 90 15:16:42 GMT Mike Ungerman said:
>>
>>So, if you just have to run an IBM or clone, but don't want to let go of your
>>Apple ][e/c/+, the Trackstar seems the way to go.  Should be a nice niche
>>market for it for parents needing to run both software in their homes to
>>satisfy the educational craving of their kids running Apple ]['s at school.

>Before doing this, I would recommend the PC Transporter from AE that let's
>you run IBM stuff inside your Apple ][.  It's got 640k (in ibm mode),
>7.6Mhz 8086, CGA graphics and uses all your existing Apple // peripherals
>as if they were pluged into an ibm...(modem, printer, & drives)  

Prices for PC clones have dropped to the point where getting a PC
Transporter is a questionable move. CGA is totally unacceptable now. And
the 8086, while a nice processor compared to the 8088, is just history.

It makes more sense to get a VGA 386sx system with the TrackStar Plus
than it does to get a PC Transporter or even a MacLC with the IIc card.

With the PC you end up with an expandable computer(i.e. slots), with
excellent graphics, good software,etc...In addition you get to keep
your II software.

Now, had Apple improved the GS so that a VGA Transporter had been feasible
that would have been a different story. But they didn't and the rest is 
history.


Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto-> philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]

