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- From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: One binary for all Macs (even 128K)
- Message-ID: <6607.2b418690@hayes.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 11:22:56 EDT
- References: <1992Dec29.201304.14795@walter.bellcore.com>
- Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Dec29.201304.14795@walter.bellcore.com>, art@leis.base.bellcore.com (A. Zysk) writes:
- >
- > ENGINEERING SECTION
- > ===================
- >
- > Is there anyone else out there who is trying to keep
- > thier applications *absolutely* portable to ALL Macs
- > including the Original 1984 128K Mac?
-
- Well, we kept Smartcom II running on 128K Macs for a while. About 5 years
- ago, we abandoned support for 128K Macs. We still kept support for 512K
- Macs, though. About 2 years ago, we pulled out support for the 512K Mac.
- We may still support the Mac XL (Lisa), but we haven't tested it.
-
- I would suggest that you don't put yourself out to support the 128K Mac.
-
- Apple estimated (3 years ago) that there are less than 50,000 128K / 512K
- Macs out there. (Most had been upgraded to a Plus) Of these, by now many
- have been put out of service. Of those still in use, few of these users are
- buying new applications.
-
- So, if your application happens to run on a 128K or 512K Mac, fine. If not,
- I wouldn't sweat it. Unless you have specific clients that need support for
- these Macs, It isn't worth it. You're better off spending your efforts
- in supporting the features of the newer system software.
-
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