AgoraRoad Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Happy 41st birthday Apple II! http://www.agoraroad.com/macforum/vintage-computers/happy-41st-birthday-apple-ii!/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charadis Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Totally digging the site design. Very creative interface, reminds me of a Mac OS 8 "interface" someone created online (in Flash?) before I ever even owned a Mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
techknight Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 What I find mindboggling is early semiconductors actually lasting this long and working fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgonops Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 It is impressive how well they've held up for the most part. There are exceptions, though. For instance, the original ROM and RAM chips on Commodore PET 2001s are *notoriously bad* when it comes to failure, almost anyone who actually wants to run one of the original SRAM boards has to resort to various methods to replace them with alternate chips. (The problem is aggravated by the fact that MOS used completely different pinouts than similar chips from other manufacturers, so you can't just throw in a more reliable EPROM or RAM from someone else without significant hassle.) But examples like this mostly seem to be due to original manufacturing issues more than anything else, if they were manufactured well they just keep on ticking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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