Re: Modern A2 successor

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Arkain wrote:

I'm going to snip out most of your post and my post and your original post -
it's getting clumsy.

>
> > I always did like the Human Torch, go for it big guy :-)
>
> ..thinking about the Fantastic 5 cartoon.
>

Ummm, when I read comic books, it was the Fantastic 4... have things changed
since I grew up?

>
> I didn't criticize his design. I just said that I want a new system instead
> of another card for the old one. His idea has it's applications just as does
> mine. My problem is with the people who are essentially trying to tell me
> that I'm wasting my time even thinking about building a new system...
> primarily you.

Nothing like that is a waste of time, even if it never sees the light of day.

> Bottom Line: I don't care if it never sees the light of day,
> I still plan to build it, and I came to this group looking for ideas.
>
> The only reason I even said anything about Bill's idea is because someone
> mentioned it in lieu of my idea.

I'm the one who first mentioned it, and I did so because in a conversation with
him I wondered if he wanted people to know about it. I had earlier mentioned
what I would like in a new II, and that might be where the idea came from about
Bill's as a replacement.

> He's got a good idea and will probably sell
> a few of it. I just want a new system instead of another patch to an old
> system. I want to see if the ideology of the old Apple computers can be
> successfully applied to more modern systems. I want to know if the concept
> of building a computer simple enough for anyone to learn yet powerful enough
> to do what you want is an out-dated, outmoded concept.

Well, perhaps the issue to debate is "What is the ideology of the Apple II?"