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Re: My new IIgs has some new toys! Apple PascaldriverforMicrodrive?
My bad, I saw 128 in the name and I was thinking of a IIc clone for some reason.
Vince
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Replica I
The Apple I clone
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"Richard Kilpatrick" <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message BD1B37B8.3466%delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com">news:BD1B37B8.3466%delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com...
> On 14/7/04 7:14 pm, in article hKeJc.90524$Oq2.70933@attbi_s52, "Vince
> Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Move to the UK. Design stuff for the Enterprise 128 computer, it can handle
> >> 4Mb RAM and it's an 8-bit :D
> >
> > I'm definately not familiar with clones but anything is possible.
>
> It's no clone. Think... Hmm. Imagine if Acorn or Sinclair had pulled a Iigs
> on their own machines? It's a Z80 home computer designed in 1983 which has
> 4Mb addressable RAM, custom chips for stereo sound and 256 colour graphics
> (soft video, it can do all sorts of things), hot-swap cartridges, and a
> deeply clever operating system...
>
> They also look weird as anything, with the cursor keys replaced by a tiny
> joystick...
>
> I have schematics for expansions from Hungary, but the costs of producing
> them are high.
>
> > If they are that rare, stock is the best way to keep them.
>
> Well, they made 50,000, and they're pretty common in Hungary. Just rare in
> the UK.
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> Richard Kilpatrick@work.eMac. Apples of various varieties.
> Carstuff - Supra and New Beetle, and happy with just two for once.
> Music stuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/music/
> Otherstuff: Enterprise 128, Acorns, writing, ZIM!
>