Re: Modern A2 successor

[Liam Busey <xxx@xxx.net>]

Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote:
> 
> **** **** wrote:
> 
>> I would love to hear other's opinions too, even the goofy ones. Goofy
>> opinions, not the goofy people.
> 
> Well, from one goofy person to another....
> 
> The original Mac had no slots, the Mac II had the Nubus slots, the SE > et al had processor slots, and now PCI slots, the Macs have moved from > 68000 through the 68020, 68030, 68040, and then the various PPC chips, > the Mac has moved from b&w 9" screen to millions of colors and various > sizes, and yet, the Mac is still the Mac. Which is the point. If there > ever was to be a successor to the Apple II, that was still an Apple > II, it wouldn't have to be a 6502 family chip, nor to have the 70's > Apple II bus to still be an Apple II, but it would have to have the > friendly "open me up and do things with me" feeling that the II had.
> And, of course, the ability to run at least 90% of the Apple II > library.

Sounds like a PC. No thank you. That's a bit too removed from the Apple
II for me. The only reason why the drastic changes to the Mac worked was
because the Mac is a black box.

Liam Busey