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Re: What if we designed and built a "32bit" Apple II?
Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Roy replied:
<snip>
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!
Of course, a PowerPC-based turbo card _is_ emulation.
An emulation of the CPU, but not of the other hardware. A PowerPC Mac
running most versions of MacOS prior to OS X is doing SOME emulation (at
what point did Apple offer PowerPC only code for MacOS?)
<flame>
All this "Apple II love" sounds like "I wish my wife looked like
____"--not a very "loving" attitude.
If someone wants their Apple II to "be all it can be", then I
suggest learning how to program it, not how to mutilate it.
</flame>
By that standard, the IIgs is mutilated.
As is a IIcPlus.
Or any II with any add-in card.
Even one with a Zipchip or Slotless clock.
The IIe I use most has a Transwarp, Phasor, RAMWorks III with RGB card
(now if I can only get a CGA monitor to connect to it....) SCSI card and
external harddrive, mouse card and mouse, Unidisk 5.25" and the Unidisk
3.5" cards and drives. Oh! Also a workstation card. I have an AE
powersupply and a system saver hanging off the side.
That IIe is "all it can be", and I don't think of it as mutilated. To
me, it's exactly what Woz designed it to be: an expandable, and expanded
computer.
Roy
-michael
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