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Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
From: "Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:29:59 +1200
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
Organization: ihug ( New Zealand )
References: <3B511638.E704ED11@usa.net> <3B530194.2AAAC1D8@swbell.net> <9j0lfo$rbb$1@merope.saaf.se> <3B53FC6D.7B30B581@blue-win.ch> <p14bsmj7pig.fsf@panini.cling.gu.se> <KnX47.21322$JN6.4203619@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B54AAC2.337E7AE0@inebraska.com> <v7557.22222$JN6.4581388@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B5522F2.662F33B1@inebraska.com> <cXa57.23245$JN6.4851446@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <1ewrul3.1lppa9z118k0snN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <1Pi57.24421$JN6.5039756@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B55DDB6.A643235D@nogui.se> <WCj57.24441$JN6.5064003@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:11015 comp.sys.cbm:18627 comp.sys.sinclair:45401 comp.sys.tandy:3503

In article <WCj57.24441$JN6.5064003@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>, "william 
strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

> IBM already had rights to manufacture the 8086, in exchange for giving Intel
> the rights to its bubble memory designs.

Bubble memory! Well, we know which company got the better end of the deal
there.

--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - Future Cop:LAPD - iMac Voodoo2 - Warcraft II
http://homepage.mac.com/rojaws
______________________________________________________________________

"As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't
as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be
discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large
part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my
own programs."

Maurice Wilkes discovers debugging, 1949

References:
- The Apple ][ wasn't crap!
  - From: Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Biggo <biggo@blue-win.ch>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: MagerValp <cl3polof@cling.gu.se>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Christer Palm <palm@nogui.se>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>

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