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#27 2009-07-25 10:37 pm
- Mr. T
- Best of both worlds

- From: omnipresent
- Registered: 2002-04-02
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Re: Rosetta
jerwin wrote:
The Apple //gs was compatible with old Apple ][e programs.
True, but the reverse is not possible. I guess it only seems weird to me because both machines were being produced simultaneously (in fact, the //e was discontinued after the ][gs).
Apple also made a expansion card for the LC that could run Apple //e programs but not Apple ||gs ones.
Yeah, but you had to pay extra. Still cheaper than buying a full Apple //e, though.
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#28 2009-07-25 10:38 pm
Re: Rosetta
I forgot about that //e card for the Macintosh LC. It actually let you attach either a 3 or 5-inch floppy drive.
Gaah, my memory of those computers is getting fuzzy. I think the connector of my (old) 5-inch drive might be different from the newer style of 5-inch floppies. I think mine had flat ribbon cables with 20-pin headers. The newer ones look like they have 19-pin connectors is a more modern plug.
But anywho, the //e card for the Mac cost $250; still a hefty chunk of change if your only goal was to transfer your data.
[Edit] Plus, it came out years after the introduction of the original Macintosh.
I was thinking Apple could have produced something like a very cheap came-port serial adapter (along with EZ driver software) just to move your data.
Maybe Mrreet2001 (post #13 above) was right. The Apple][ division was so hostile to the new Macintosh division that they refused to cooperate.
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#29 2009-08-24 11:09 am
- Macdeath
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Re: Rosetta
So has anyone heard or read if rosetta will be in Snow Leopard?
i searched their site but no luck....
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#30 2009-08-24 11:59 am
- barrfid_od
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- From: Luverne, MN
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Re: Rosetta
Macdeath wrote:
So has anyone heard or read if rosetta will be in Snow Leopard?
i searched their site but no luck....
It'll be in there
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#32 2009-08-25 1:46 am
- Mr. T
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- From: omnipresent
- Registered: 2002-04-02
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Re: Rosetta
Color me surprised 
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