On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
  Actually, as a
learning system I'd recomend an Apple ][ or ][+ over a
//e. The reason is that the //e has 2 custom gate array chips (MMU and 
 I agree, but finding one of the older apples isn't as easy as it used to be. 
 
Apple ][+'s do still turn up from time to time.  But yes, not nearly as
often as they used to.  Apple ]['s are pretty rare these days.
Apple //e's are almost as common as Commodore 64s.
Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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