retr0brite not so right?

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On 01/08/10 19:15, Tony Duell wrote:
> (re: Apple 1)
> > [1] OK, if somebody gave me one, I would accept it with thanks. And I
> > would look after it. But if I won the lottery or something (difficult,
> > since I don't enter :-)), I would not spend the money on an Apple 1.
> > There are many other classic computers I would find more interesting.
> 
> Same here. If I won the lottery I'd be building up a half-decent home 
> machine shop...

Even if I had to spend it on classic computers, the Apple 1 would not be 
high up the list :-). Certain HP models (not particularly rare [1]) would 
be...

[1] Amazingly, for all I have a fair number of HP machines, I have never 
managed to obtain an HP1000 of any version, for ecample...

> My interest is in the old single-board and embedded machines. I'm not 
> too interested in the Apple I, but I do find (for example) the Acorn 

Err, the Apple 1 is a single-board machine :-)

> Exceptions would be the Apple II and Acorn BBC Micro. The AII on the 
> grounds that I think it's neat how the parts count was pushed so low 
> (especially on things like the disc controller) and the Acorn because it 
> was pretty much the first "real" computer I used...

Hmm, we will ahve to agree to disagree, I think. I regard the Apple ][ as 
one of the worst designs ever because it's such a minimal parts count 
(IMHO a few more chips would ahve made it a lot better). But I feel the 
BBC Micro is one of the best (if not _the_ best) 8 bitters. A very 
elegant design...

-tony