Re: Apple II-Or Come on people, It's a 20 year old computer

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <8ippuu$de6$1@merope.saaf.se>,
Paul Schlyter <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote:
} 
}Possibly -- I never immensed myself into the architecture of the
}Lisa.  I noted that, besides being expensive and slow, it also broke
}a tradition from the Apple II:  the Lisa, and later the Mac, were much
}more closed systems.

The Lisa wasn't closed-- it had slots (3 of them).  There were even a
few cards available for them.

}Today, things have calmed down a bit: all modern computers use a GUI
}of some kind.  The Mac has "opened up" a bit (I think), and it can
}even read standard diskettes instead of using its own weird low-level
}diskette format 

Weird?  If you were to read the low-level formatting of a Mac 800K
or 400K 3.5" diskette, you'd find yourself in very familiar territory
-- remember "D5 AA 96"? 

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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."