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   Mike Y to Tom Lake   
   Re: Why no Model II emulator?   
   30 Aug 07 08:19:28   
   
   From: joe@user.com   
      
   "Tom Lake"  wrote in message   
   news:fb4imb$eio$1@aioe.org...   
   > > Point taken, but I reiterate: there are MUCH more obscure systems that   
   > > have emulators. Maybe I'll dump out the ROMs and see what's involved   
   > > in writing an emulator. If there is truly nothing except business   
   > > software for the beast, I should be able to write a console-based   
   > > emulator and not even have to worry about emulating the video   
   > > hardware.   
   >   
   > Since the Model II had no graphics, business software was the main   
   > use.   
   >   
   > Tom Lake   
   >   
   >   
      
   Well, the Model II DID have graphics.  There were the graphics characters in   
   the character generator ROM to start.  And then there was the bit-graphics   
   card   
   that was an option.   
      
   But I guess you mean there were no graphic games.   
      
   Mike   
      
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