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

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Ranando King wrote:

[I notice that have the same misgivings about replying to this
post that I would have replying to a troll...]

<snip long wet dream about the future being
equal to the past on steroids...>

>So is this just a pipe dream?

Yes.

Mahon's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced Apple II design
is indistinguishable from emulation."

If you don't like the speed and size constraints of the
Apple II line, then _you don't like the Apple II line!_

Dreaming is fun, until you begin to confuse it with
reality--then it's not so much fun.

This seems to be a perennial theme on CSA2, like
the Perseid shower, so I know I should just watch
the funny posts and be quiet...  But I've seen it come
around enough now that it is no longer amusing to me.

There are so many _realizable_ dreams that can be
executed within the constraints of the _real_ Apple II
that it seems a waste of time to dream about things
that are _certainly_ never going to happen.

And if you think I'm wrong, check it out ten years
from now.

"Now where did I park my supersonic, fusion-powered,
thought-directed Model T..."

-michael

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