Re: A Challenge to all takers...

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Ranando King" <rk@magictouchcorp.com> wrote in message news:422c9159$1_2@news.vic.com...
: Now that we've gotten the ususal round of nay-sayers to this
: admittedly-recurring topic, let me itemize a few details.
:
: 1. I never mentioned development by committee. That's a recipe for slow &
: expensive development, assuming the committee could even agree on anything
: to begin with. I don't subscribe to such a useless idea. Instead, I'm going
: to build for myself a computer of the nature I described before. What I'm
: looking for in this group isn't market support but concept and possibly
: design support from those of you with the time, patience, and interest.

You've kind of been given the type of support from this group
that you can expect. 'nuff said.

: 2. I'm not trying to revive any particular computer design out there, so the
: issue of backward compatibility is moot. It's not that I'm trying to make a
: new Apple II. That's flatly impossible. The resulting computer will be a
: completely new machine based on the *IDEALS* of the Apple II series that
: made me fall in love with that machine in the first place. I want to develop
: a computer nearly as powerful as modern machines, but still in keeping with
: those ideals. That's the goal.

Why build another completely new design with the simplicity of the
Apple IIs expandibility? Instead you should study ISA(8/16), PCI,
and 32-bit expansion standards and develope something there.  :)

: 3. Who's going to write software, BIOS, OS, et. al for it? Me. And whoever
: else happens to want to make one for themselves, and/or help me out with
: this project. This is a hobbyist project. The result of this project will be
: publicly released. If I happen to develop anything pattentable, then I'll
: likely do something screwy like GPL those pattents. Don't ask how. Haven't
: thought that far ahead yet. But the bottom line is that this will be
: something anyone with the interest can build.

The unit already exists, the C-One. Why not buy one,
develope an Apple ][, or better still a ][gs, core
and you'll have it.

Apple II Forever, Apple II Together
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