Re: A 21st Century Apple II?

[Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com>]

sfahey wrote:
> In case someone hasn't directed you to it already...
>
> http://a2central.com/?p=1645

Please update the link: I'm abandoning the mirrow.com domain
as it became a huge spam magnet in the last 10 years or so.
The new home of my page (badly in need of an update) is
http://alexfreed.com/FPGApple

There are several fully functional Apple 2 implementations on
FPGAs already. I made three for different platforms, the latest
being the Altium NanoBoard. Other people did independent versions
too. For example
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/apple2fpga

Even within our rather small community of Apple 2 enthusiasts
opinions on what is fun are very different. For example while
the software emulators are very handy for some experiments, to me
they don't have a "look and feel" of an actual "real" computer.
Even if one doesn't look like a proper Apple and has a PS2 keyboard
attached to an off-the-shelf FPGA board.
At the same time I like using the (relatively) modern technology to
enhance the Apple 2 platform. For example the CFFA and my PD8 help
to deal with the problem of floppy disks too small and hard disks
too rare and bulky.

I understand the Apple I replica to some extent. I don't quite 
understand a replica of Apple ][ rev. 0 probably because I'm not much
of a collector. I mean it's not that different from later revisions
that were made in millions. To me a real rev. 7 is more "genuine" than
a rev. 0 replica. Obviously others disagree.

-Alex.