16 Jul
2001
16 Jul
'01
11:01 p.m.
There's no doubt about it, Mike, the Apple was
quite useful for a lot of
things.
I simply pointed out that with a different device, costing about $90
rather than
the considerably more that an Apple][ cost back in '79, you could do much
of the
same stuff, unfettered by the restrictions that the Apple hardware put on you.
Sure, BUT my first programming was on a AIM65 with backup to cassette. An
Apple II cost me close to $5000 vs the $500 or so for the AIM65, but having
floppy drives made it worth every penny. Now the tables are turned, and
Apple IIe is maybe $5 and the AIM65 $50 or $100.