Re: How will the Apple II survive?

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in article 408b3498_5@corp.newsgroups.com, Exegete at
millers@noneofyourbusiness.com wrote on 4/24/04 8:45 PM:


> To put the discussion in another context, I'm running a older Compaq -
> Athlon 1700. It doesn't have 8 or 16 bit ISA slots, most of what one put
> into a PC or PC XT it already has on it's motherboard (and more!), and
> yet, I can boot an old version of DOS, and run old DOS software
> (WordStar anyone?) just like I could have in 1981. Yet, it's still a PC,
> with hard/software legacy that goes back over 20 years. The genius of
> it's design is still there, even if it's been extended and expanded to
> the point that I can't put an ISA serial card into the machine.
> 

WordStar.... lol.
My mother's old HeathKit, running a version of BASIC licenced to Panasonic
has WordStar!