Re: Thorw away your 8 Bit shit and buy a PC

[mspangler@gemsi.com (Michael Spangler)]

Besides, the question (at least in my case) is not whether to use an
apple II or a PC, but whether to use the Apple II ($17 for 128 k IIe
with SSC, duodisk, and monitor) or a Basic Stamp II starter kit ($140,
2 K of Rom, 32 bytes ram.)

I can get the Apple II AND Vernier's Better Mousetrap book, and the
parts for a project or two for half of the cost of the Basic Stamp set
up.

On a related note, I've tried to build an IO card, but I haven't yet
made one that worked.  I'm doing something wrong in the bus
interfacing line. If any of the card wizzes out there could come up
wit a digital IO card, or an A/D card, or a D/A card that worked, I
would probably buy it. I should have bought the Applied Engineering
cards when they were available. What happened to those designs anyway.
Who owns them now?

Grump Grump.