MIT want to make $12 Apple II clone

[Zane H. Healy]

At 12:17 PM -0700 8/5/08, Eric Smith wrote:
>My reaction was that either one was a dumb choice.  Sure, it would 
>appeal to retro geeks like us, but of what use will it be in the 
>"real world" [*]?  Once upon a time there was a lot of educational 
>software for the Apple II, but aside from buying individual titles 
>on eBay, where are you going to get any of it (legally) today?
>
>Besides, although the 6502 was a reasonably decent processor in the 
>mid-to-late 1970s, today it won't be any less expensive than an ARM 
>7 or the like.

The CPU portion is the part that really had me wondering.  How on 
earth can you manufacture such a device for only $12.

As for the software, I believe it has to all be written.  I suspect 
that no existing Apple II software supports Hindi.

Zane


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