Re: How will the Apple II survive?

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:10:02 +0000, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> barana wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>guess what guys someone already has made a "new" apple II its called
>>the c1 http://c64upgra.de/c-one have a look jeri also is in the
>>process of making an apple II core as we speak!!!!!
> 
> Since this does not support plugging in Apple II peripheral cards,
> it is, for all practical purposes, just another emulator, but with
> more hardware support.
> 
> <sermon>
> 
> Everyone (and, boy, there always seem to be a bunch ;-) who
> wants to fantasize about a "new Apple II" always wants to
> "improve" on it by adding VGA graphics, 24-bit addressing,
> etc., etc.

However, some sorts of improvements would be nice, such as
a VGA-compatible video connector. If some extra graphics modes
come for free with that, then ok, but its the monitor availability
and picture quality that represent the real upgrade.