rbanffy

✨ Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.

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I confess I have a soft spot for these machines - the road not taken is always tempting to explore. Sadly, it didn't do well on the market, even less in Europe, so there are very few working machines around me and even fewer floating around on eBay. :-(
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The 88000 was implemented across three large ICs. This took an enormous amount of board space and would be unfeasible on the smaller Macs.
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That’s wonderful. And I can do that to my 1st gen Nook as well.
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