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Re: RFC : SOME IDEAS FOR THE APPLE II FPGA'ers



Simon D. Williams wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:


Even if the processor is *infinitely* fast, the system will still have
to run animations at a visible speed (tied to the refresh rate), accept
keystrokes at human speed, and access real disks at standard speed.
See what I mean?


So you want to build an autonomous Apple II that will no longer be
slowed down by its inferior human masters? I knew there was a dark side
to AppleCrate!

Cool, but no.  ;-)

Just pointing out that Apple applications tend to be interactive,
and that puts the human in the performance equation.

-michael

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