Re: What has changed in the Apple world last 6 months?

[salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <Sm2V5.26272$sz3.5244330@news1.telusplanet.net>,
 <wbdesnoy@ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>Ernest <ernestls@home.com> wrote:
>> Do iMac or G4 users tinker?  It seems that any system today is not really
>> built to be tinkered with very much
>
>It never ceases to amaze me how people would, and how some continue to, design
>cards for the Apple II series.  That sort of tinkering involves a more intimate
>knowledge of the machine than most people would care to acquire.

I think it's more a matter of the Apple II (especially the IIe and earlier
models) being a machine that's simple enough for the typical power user to
have some hope of understanding how the whole system works.  The difference
between, say, a IIe and a modern system (whether x86 or Mac) is like the
difference between a '57 Chevy and a 2000 'Vette...the newer model is much
more powerful and feature-packed, but the average Joe doesn't stand a chance
doing much more than routine maintenance on it.  The '57, on the other hand,
can just about be stripped down to parts and put back together by any
run-of-the-mill shade-tree mechanic with a decent set of tools and
equipment.

One relatively small book describes the IIe's hardware in considerable
detail.  Good luck finding a similar description of a newer machine.

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