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Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

>>>>> "B" == Biggo  <biggo@blue-win.ch> writes:

PS> However, from the very start, all PC's were delivered WITH a
PS> socket for a numerical coprocessor. That's what I liked most about
PS> that machine: in comparison, most other contemporary micros
PS> (including the Apple II as well as the Apple Mac) were toys. Which
PS> makes some sense - after all you use toys to play games....

B> Yes. And you write this stuff even when you're sober, right? So, a
B> math coprocessor is what makes a machine professional.

I'd say that 10 times the memory and 10 times the math performance
puts the PC in the workstation class, leaving the others in the home
computer and small business segment. Nothing strange about that.

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