Re: What if we designed and built a "32bit" Apple II?

[exegete@nunya.biz]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Roy replied:
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> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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> <snip>
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> > > BTW, Adding another processor architecture, like a Z80 card or a
> > > 6809 card is a special breed of extension which _does_ introduce
> > > a non-Apple II worldview, but only as an alternative.  You're never
> > > more than a reboot away from the Applesoft prompt.  ;-)
> >
> > What I would like to see, and am confident I won't see, is a really fast 
> > 65816 turbo card for the IIe, it could then run in 6502 mode at a really 
> > high speed, or allow for some other OS (Linux65?), but always be a 
> > reboot from being a standard II.
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>
> Hmmm...Linux 65, eh?
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> Considering what the 65816 _doesn't_ have in the way of virtual
> memory, that would be a real stretch.
>
> But, there's always Gnome, if you have a hankering for Unix-like. ;-)
>
> -michael

Wasn't that GNO?

I think I have a copy somewhere....

I remember *nix for 8088 machines being sold in the early 80s....

Roy
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