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Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
From: Biggo <biggo@blue-win.ch>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:50:56 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
Organization: SaM - suoni & macchinine, CH-6994 Aranno
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Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
> However, from the very start, all PC's were delivered WITH a socket
> for a numerical coprocessor.  That's what I liked most about that
> machine: in comparison, most other contemporary micros (including
> the Apple II as well as the Apple Mac) were toys.  Which makes some
> sense - after all you use toys to play games....

Yes. And you write this stuff even when you're sober, right?
So, a math coprocessor is what makes a machine professional.
IBM and Motorola take note! ROTFL.

-- 
Biggo. Con firma provvisoria.

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