Re: What if we designed and built a "32bit" Apple II?

[mspangler@gemsi.com (Michael Spangler)]

mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message 

> I expect that nostalgia has a lot to do with it in many cases.
> 
> In other cases reported here, the person always wanted an Apple II,
> but they were too expensive, etc.
> 
> The wealth of useful software has always been important to me, as
> the glut of games is important to others.
> 
> Then there's the tug of curiosity about getting an old $5 machine
> perking again...  ;-)

And don't forget more practical uses. My IIe has been dutifully
logging the temperature and sunlight level every minute since last
January, except when the power went out. Now that it's on UPS, that
won't happen again.

Easy IO to work with, mass storage, and you don't need a PC running to
log the data.

A card that can use a USB key drive as a hard disk is on my wish list,
or a cheaper second-generation CF card would be fine too. The SCSI
card in my GS gets flakey when its cold.