Ooooo, I just had an idea! If we can't agree on whether or not PPC Macs should be allowed in the 68kMLA, or whether 68k Macs should be allowed in a PPCMLA, what about this...
Instead of re-forming the 68kMLA, we start a totally new organization! We start the LEMLA! The Low End Macintosh Liberation Army! I personally think that this would be a really neat thing to try.
When the 68kMLA was begun, practically nobody would dare call anything besides the first run PPCs and some "Road Apples" low end. However, in a day and age when practically any Mac with onboard SCSI is considered low end, wouldn't it be wise to change focus a bit? While a 68k or PPC CPU was the cutoff in the original 68kMLA, the times have changed. I would think that a LEMLA would be for discussion of any Macs with onboard SCSI, running OS 9 or below. Since anything running the Classic Mac OS is in the same boat that all 68ks were in when the 68kMLA started, wouldn't it be a good idea to reflect that change?
I will be the first to say that I would join the LEMLA without question if it would be able to unite the old 68k die-hards and the newer generation of PPC people. I realize that this would be a radical change, but it might be for the better.
Who's with me?
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PPC Macs:
Instead of re-forming the 68kMLA, we start a totally new organization! We start the LEMLA! The Low End Macintosh Liberation Army! I personally think that this would be a really neat thing to try.
When the 68kMLA was begun, practically nobody would dare call anything besides the first run PPCs and some "Road Apples" low end. However, in a day and age when practically any Mac with onboard SCSI is considered low end, wouldn't it be wise to change focus a bit? While a 68k or PPC CPU was the cutoff in the original 68kMLA, the times have changed. I would think that a LEMLA would be for discussion of any Macs with onboard SCSI, running OS 9 or below. Since anything running the Classic Mac OS is in the same boat that all 68ks were in when the 68kMLA started, wouldn't it be a good idea to reflect that change?
I will be the first to say that I would join the LEMLA without question if it would be able to unite the old 68k die-hards and the newer generation of PPC people. I realize that this would be a radical change, but it might be for the better.
Who's with me?
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PPC Macs:
- Power Macintosh G4
- B&W Power Macintosh G4
- Power Macintosh 6500/225