Re: Alltech Electronics

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6ce1fb$cl1@examiner.concentric.net>,
ericlob <ericlob@cris.com> wrote:
>Now that fast memory is so cheap, wouldn't it make more sense for an
>accelerator designed today to just include the full 4 (or 8) MB of RAM on
>board and run it at full speed? I know you'd have to drop down to 1MHz
>for I/O and the like, but...

   That would be one way to do it right, but remember, Zips aren't
being made nowadays because people just weren't buying them. People
are unconsciously voting with their pocketbooks for (or against) the
future of the Apple II, and they haven't been doing so very well. Not
buying hardware, pirating (==not buying) software, and you wonder why
the flood of new things has slowed significantly. You can't pirate (or
"back up" as they like to lie to themselves) stuff not written yet.

   Those who dwell solely on the past will get no future. 

Nathan Mates


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