gregr@tekig1.UUCP (09/07/83)
Why does anyone own an Apple you ask?
Well my Apple
1. Has a keyboard with its own uP which produces all possible ASCII
characters, allows each key to be redefined to produce any of 8
different macros per key (redefinition via keyboard or disk file),
has both slow and fast auto-repeat capability, and includes 16
macro-redefinable function keys to name only a few of its keyboard
features. (Videx) Does your PC?
2. Has an excellent 80 column display (I believe it to be far better
than my IBM monochrome display at work. An optional 128, 132, or even
160 columns by up to 48 row display is very inexpensively available.
(Also Videx) Does your PC?
3. Currently has 144K of RAM and can be expanded practically indefinitely. I am about to add a 294K disk emulator board. Does your PC have this
capability?
4. Has both a 6502 uP which runs the largest selection of software
for any PC known, and a 6Mhz Z80B which is running CPM PLUS (3.0) which
provides such useful features as I/O redirection, path searches, banked
memory management, and much, much more. In addition a super fast
3.6 MHZ 6502 uP is available if desired, several 8088 boards, and
several 68000 boards. In short it provides all the expandibility
of an S100 system, with the advantage of OEM focus on a specific
machine. Of course a huge selection of other options boards are
available including memory boards, solid state disks, RGB boards, I/O
boards, speech processors (input and output), and on and on and on.
Does your PC have all this?
5. Disk drives and controller boards are readily available with software
support for single density (143K), double density, and double sided
double density 5 1/4 floppies, as well as 8 inch floppies, and hard
disks. Other storage systems are also available including 9 track
tape drives! By virtue of both Apple Dos and CP/M no other PC even
comes in a close second in terms of Software available for all these
disks. How about your PC?
I could continue to go on but what's the point? Oh yes, do Apples really run
games? I didn't know that!!
My question to you -
Why are you so uninformed?