MIT want to make $12 Apple II clone

[Eric Smith]

Bryan Pope wrote:
> Why do they not use a Commodore 64 instead?  It has already been 

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.

It seems to me that trying to do further cost reduction of an XO-like 
device would be more beneficial.

Eric