Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple II Obsolete? Message-ID: <12792@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 7 May 90 16:58:16 GMT References: <3960@pluto.dss.com> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory Lines: 14 In article <3960@pluto.dss.com> lfischer@pluto.dss.com (Larry Fischer) writes: >> To summarize, I'd say its not the 6502/65C02 that's obsolete; rather, >> it was Apple's method of marketing it that was obsolete. >The computer (][+ series) is 12 years old.... Dont have to say any more... To make a logical argument, you certainly DO have to say more! The IBM 360 architecture is considerably older, yet IBM mainframes with upward-compatible architectures still capture an important segment of the market for commercial computing. The SR-71 is another example of a venerable design that was never surpassed. Just because something isn't the latest fad doesn't mean that it isn't good for what it was designed for, or that it cannot evolve through continued modernization programs to address changing needs.