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Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?

Subject: Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?
From: mw41710 <shit@shit.shit.com>
Date: 1997/07/08
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Internet Nebraska
References: <AFD8C33F-3A6CD8@205.216.81.10> <volkmar.friauf-2706972000400001@surfu71.koeln.netsurf.de> <33b55b54.2065411@167.152.149.11> <5p9ddo$4nm$1@darla.visi.com> <volkmar.friauf-0107970806200001@surfu58.koeln.netsurf.de>

> The real advantage of the GEOS concept was that the three main platforms
> of the early 80's (Apple II, C64, IBM-PC) would have had an identical
> interface, which means that users could have worked on any of those
> platforms without knowledge about the individual operating systems.


I believe the Apple II variants, Vic 20, C64 (fallback mode), and Atari
400 all had a 6502, which would make the byte-code stuff somewhat
unnecessary.  A unified operating system kernal could be constructed
using this simularity.

-Mark

References:
- 8-bit Apple II Finder?
  - From: "Dave Horlick" <dhorlick@interaccess.net>
- Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?
  - From: volkmar.friauf@koeln.netsurf.de (Volkmar Friauf)
- Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?
  - From: LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)
- Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?
  - From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
- Re: 8-bit Apple II Finder?
  - From: volkmar.friauf@koeln.netsurf.de (Volkmar Friauf)

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