Re: What's to become of the Apple II?

[jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas)]

In article <328F7D16.69EB@primenet.com> "Charles P. Hobbs"
	<transit@primenet.com> writes:
>Marvin wrote:
>> Doug Manzer (dmanzer@wimsey.com) wrote:
>> : Thoughts, anyone?
>> Yes. I think the Apple II will survive, even if some greedy
>> economists at Apple Inc. have declared it dead. Like the
>> old Volkswagen car, like the 'golden oldie' rock groups, the
>> Apple II line will survive.

>ALL of these older 8-bit computers have their adherents, so they'll
>never totally go away. I seriously doubt that Microsoft is
>worried, though :-)

Quite true!
Z80 and CP/M enthusiasts are still around in
	comp.os.cpm
	comp.os.cpm.amethyst
	comp.arch.embedded

8 bit CPUs have gone "underground" and can be found inside
things such as tvs as dedicated controllers.

Me, I have several Z80 systems (mostly single board computers such
as Xerox 820 "bigboard", Ampro "littleboard" and others
that were geared for making into controllers).
They're all waiting for me to learn enough to integrate them again.
They'll all find new roles as controllers instead of
stand alone systems.
-- 
Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix.com