MIT want to make $12 Apple II clone

[Jules Richardson]

Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> 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.

The article says nothing about an ability to run vintage software, though - it 
implies that completely new software will be written for the necessary apps.

I can only assume that any license issues are already solved, as otherwise 
there seems little merit in using an old design at all rather than just 
building a "conventional" low-cost machine using off the shelf parts.

cheers

Jules