Tony Duell wrote:
> Things resulting from the fact that my views on design are not the same
> as the designers. Things like the Apple ][ disk controller. I still don't
> like it, but I'll agree it's a somewhat clever design. It's just not how
> _I_ would have done it. The tradeoffs involved are seen differently by
> different people
The bit is how would _you_ have done it in 1975 with the parts
available then without knowing what would show up soon after.
The old saying "If I knew then what I know now ... "
Hell, how would Woz redo it knowing evolution?
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Received on Tue Dec 29 1998 - 22:14:33 GMT