Re: A 21st Century Apple II?

[mwillegal <mike@willegal.net>]

On Mar 1, 8:57 pm, adric22 <adri...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't bother to update the design much, if any.  The only good
> reason I can think of for building such a thing would either be for
> nostalgia or for classroom education.  When I say education, I mean
> for teaching the basics of how the internals of a computer work to
> engineering students since the 8-bit systems like the C64 or Apple II
> are so much easier to understand than a modern PC.  Now, the Apple II
> was never my area of expertise (I'm a Commodore fanboy) but if I'm not
> mistaken the Apple II was designed from all off-the-shelf parts,
> right?   So it should be possible to still build one today with off
> the shelf parts.  I'm surprised nobody has come up with a new board
> design.

The Apple II reproduction has been done, though some obsolete parts
are hard to come by.  You can buy a kit from me.

http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-recreation.htm

Regards,
Mike Willegal