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Re: 65020 CPU? Look this...
- Subject: Re: 65020 CPU? Look this...
- From: "Charlie" <charlied at NOSPAM bboard dot com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:10:44 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bah! All you whipper-snappers with your ][+, //e, //c and GS boxes! Why
back
> in the day, you weren't a real Apple II user unless you were using,
well...
> a real Apple II with 16K which is all the RAM a real programmer needs.
> Integer BASIC and assembly are all you need, phooey on Applesoft (who
needs
> FP!). And while macho power users are plenty happy with turbo cassette
> drives, I admit my 13 sector floppy is a wonder. Them new fangled 16
sector
> controllers just encourage programmers to write sloppier code!
My ][+ had 16K of RAM when I bought it and I later bought an Integer Card
which made it pretty close to a "real" Apple II. And yes I used a cassette
tape recorder for a while but I will admit that when I finally broke down
and bought a floppy drive, Apple was already using 16 sectors.
Charlie