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





Michael J. Mahon wrote:

Ranando King wrote:

[I notice that have the same misgivings about replying to this
post that I would have replying to a troll...]

<snip long wet dream about the future being
equal to the past on steroids...>

So is this just a pipe dream?


Yes.

Mahon's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced Apple II design
is indistinguishable from emulation."

If you don't like the speed and size constraints of the
Apple II line, then _you don't like the Apple II line!_

Dreaming is fun, until you begin to confuse it with
reality--then it's not so much fun.

This seems to be a perennial theme on CSA2, like
the Perseid shower, so I know I should just watch
the funny posts and be quiet...  But I've seen it come
around enough now that it is no longer amusing to me.

There are so many _realizable_ dreams that can be
executed within the constraints of the _real_ Apple II
that it seems a waste of time to dream about things
that are _certainly_ never going to happen.

And if you think I'm wrong, check it out ten years
from now.

"Now where did I park my supersonic, fusion-powered,
thought-directed Model T..."

Of course, Michael, there was a time that teenagers took Model Ts and "hopped" them up. Replacing the four bangers with 6s or even 8s.

I think the II line could be pushed faster than it has been, even adding some other current tech (isn't there already a USB based drive system?)

But a 65832? That is a wet dream. 128mhz? Only in emulation. Unless someone makes a PowerPC based turbo card. I stopped holding my breath on that one years ago. Now a 20mhz 65816 turbo card, there's a possibility!

Roy


-michael

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