Apple ][ design (was: Bad feelings)

Perhaps I am merely biased from growing up with the Apple ][ at school and, later, at home, but I would say that some of the design is ingenious. I do know that many a programmer has complained about the arrangement of the high-resolution screen in memory (which was arranged the way it is to save components). But, I find the economy of this feature fascinating. The Apple ][ and its successors had great capabilities for expansion (with the possible exception of the IIc and IIc+). A IIe has the capability of using a hand-held scanner, for instance, with the right slot card and the right software. I'm sure the IIe wasn't designed originally for that task. There are numerous other examples as well. Your mileage may vary, of course. -- Andy Brobston brobstona(a)wartburg.edu ***NEW URL BELOW*** http://www.wartburg.edu/people/docs/personalPages/BrobstonA/home.html My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Wartburg College as a whole.