Why is it that ...

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Wed Nov 29 09:27:43 2000

I think I still have the disks somewhere.... I just don't have
an Apple-II to use to verify their readability.

It wasn't bad, I rather enjoyed using it (my last semester in
college, Spring '83).

-dq

> -----Original Message-----
> From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com [mailto:healyzh_at_aracnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:50 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Why is it that ...
>
>
> > Yes the lack of JAVA, frames, no cookies and Activex stuff
> does limits
> > sites available and more every day. I'd think JAVA would
> not be that
> > bad on a smaller CPU tough it may be slow. After all it's
> not that much
> > different than running UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code on z80 or
> > 6502!
> >
> > Allison
>
> One of these days I'd really like to play with a UCSD PASCAL
> system, largely
> to get a feel of how well it worked. From what I've heard
> getting any kind
> of Java running on a 68k based system is a problem (have we
> got anyone still
> active with Amiga's around, they'd have a better idea). That
> tells me that
> a 486 or lower won't really be able to cut it when it comes to JAVA.
>
> It does make you wonder what Sun's minimum requirements for
> Java is on thier
> machines.
>
> Wait a minute.... I think I had Java running on my PowerBook
> 520c back in
> '95 or '96, and it's a 68LC040 based system, so I guess at
> least a 68040 or
> 486 based system probably can do Java. At least on a
> supported OS (which is
> the real problem).
>
> Zane
>
Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 09:27:43 GMT

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