MIT want to make $12 Apple II clone

Cameron Kaiser spectre at floodgap.com
Tue Aug 5 10:26:25 CDT 2008


> Why do they not use a Commodore 64 instead?  It has already been 
> reduced to a single chip by Jeri Ellsworth and it has enhanced 
> graphics that are better then what the original C64 had.

Intellectual property concerns, maybe? The Apple II is certainly a much
easier design to build from elemental pieces or reverse-engineer.

Not that I mind a $12 C64, but still ...

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