Jim: On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:
But the Apple II WAS a toy! Non-detached keyboard, poor placement of reset
I liked my Apple 2e, which had most of the faults you mention. And the editor had for it had one feature I haven't seen on any editor since.
And by refusing to build Masatoshi (?) Shima's design for the Z-80, they
The number one selling computer with a Z-80 chip inside was also the number one computer platform which ran CP/M which was The Apple 2e. << Yes, the Z-870 chip was a third party add on. >>
I have other, even harsher word for the design of the IBM PC. Oh yes, the Mac sucks bigtime as well, although primarily for legal reasons.
Mainly because it has what has to be the world's most user hostile computer interface ever dreamed up, until Win95 came on the scene. xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com ********************************************************************** * * * Opinions expressed don't necessarily reflect my own views. * * * * There is no way that they can be construed to represent * * any organization's views. * * * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * * * http://members.tripod.com/~graphology/index.html * * * ***********************************************************************