Re: A 21st Century Apple II?

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Mar 9, 11:37 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> > Heh, certainly true for PC applications, but for the odd job we're still
> > using 8051's, and it _can_ still sometimes need that attention to detail!
>
> Small embedded applications are the one remaining bastion of tight
> assembly programming (except for hobby programming ;-).  And as flash
> memories on microcontrollers surge beyond 32KB, space is no longer a
> consideration--only time-critical code.

This embodies what I enjoy most about Apple II tinkering. It's fun to
see how far you can push it if you allow yourself a bit more space in
the space/time tradeoff by using a (period) memory expansion board.

There's an interesting class of problems you can solve at the Apple
II's speed if you use algorithms that would not typically work well
for 64k. I find this very rewarding.

Matt