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4am ❧ (a2_4am@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:20:18 JST 4am ❧
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:20:16 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@a2_4am @herrprofdr Yeah, but that PowerPC Mac was more finicky, couldn’t run any existing software the school had for Apple II, required IT maintenance (Apple II just boots from diskette, that’s it) and was about $10,000 in today’s dollars.
Apple IIs otoh are pretty rugged machines that were relatively cheap to buy and repair or replace.
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John Aycock (herrprofdr@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:20:17 JST John Aycock
@a2_4am You really have to wonder who the market was at that point. School districts without funds to upgrade their computer labs...?
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4am ❧ (a2_4am@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:20:17 JST 4am ❧
@herrprofdr I assume so. School districts were always technology laggards, especially elementary schools. But Apple had already shipped 80 MHz PowerPC Macs in March 1994. It really boggles the mind how much overlap there was between technological generations.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_8100_80.html
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4am ❧ (a2_4am@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:20:18 JST 4am ❧
Loading screen shows ©1994, and files are dated June 9, 1994, making this one of the last commercial Apple II titles released on 5.25-inch floppy disk.
For perspective, other notable software released in 1994 would include Bryce, Final Fantasy VI, HoTMetaL, and PHP.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:36:58 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@a2_4am @herrprofdr It was also possible to get a board to run Apple II software in some newer Macs to have an easier transition (alas, costly). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe_Card
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