Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

[Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>]

Liam Busey wrote:

> Matthew Russotto wrote:
> >
> > In article <3B5B8BAA.54DFE541@krypton.rain.com>,
> > Leonard Erickson  <shadow@krypton.rain.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >And a downcheck on the hardware front for *not* using a standard disk
> > >controller chip, which made it's disks and drives incompatible with the
> > >rest of the world.
> >
> > The 1979 (or was it '78?) Disk II was supposed to be compatible with
> > the much later IBM PC?  I suppose Apple could have used an MFM
> > controller like those used for 8" floppies, but it was far too
> > expensive at the time, and would have resulted in a much smaller (96K,
> > IIRC) disk capacity.
>
> Has anyone seen a 'standard' disk controller of that era? Those things
> were enormous! Woz's little GRC wonder was a work of art. A cheap disk
> drive system was one of the Apple II's greatest strengths.
>
> Liam Busey

Absolutely... even most computers from Apple were a work of art! :-)

Check out, Sony's unusual Mac lookalike (in 'comp.binaries.apple2' newsgroup).

IBM had come up with some of the worse computer designs, I've ever seen.
Maybe, IBM could get some lessons from Apple?

I like the Mac G4 Cube, looks 'ultra-cool' - alittle too pricey for me.
Reminds me, of the NeXT (black cube).

Cheers,
Jeff.