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M-  Thank you for your extremely helpful and well thought-out reply to my
   obviously ignorant inqiry into the possibility of Apple II emulation on
   the Mac II.  But I have a few (and probably just as foolish) questions.

I asked, for example:

>> Why hasn't someone written an Apple II or IIgs emulator for the Mac II?

And you so eloquently replied:

>Becuase a Mac II needs to emulate an Apple II as much as an Amiga needs
>to emulate a Vic-20.
>Presumably, if you bought a 
Well, M, I wonder...When the Amiga first came out I seem to recall a dearth
(that means lack ;-> )  of software for it.  Perhaps it could have indeed
benefitted from the ability to execute programs developed on an admittedly
inferior machine.  It may not have made full use of the computers abilities,
yet those of us who were involved with pre-32 bit machines managed perfectly
well with such "inferior" products.  Maybe an Apple II emulator is a bit
inferior machine.  It may not have made full use of the computer's abilities,
other programs for more obscure tasks like geneology or children's education
well with such "obsolete" products.  Maybe an Apple II emulator is a bit
any of the other areas in which it is difficult to find native applications.

I then asked said:

>> This would give Mac II owners access to software like color games
I then wrote:

And you once again corrected my foolish ways with a hearty:

>If you really wanted to play color games and can afford a Mac II, I
>assume you could buy a small 8-bit computer just for that purpose.
>The best way to emulate a particular computer is to buy it.
>                          --M

What a good idea!  But what if I could only just afford a Mac II, and am now
saving up for a modem?  Should I buy an atari instead?  Maybe they should
through out the idea of a virtual machine, and merely have a different computer
for every specific task.  That'll be great!  I'll have one with a really big
screen and a math coprocessor for my spreadsheet, and then another one with
throw out the idea of a virtual machine, and merely have a different computer
one with a letter quality printer built in for WP, and another one with a
modem for...But wait, wouldn't that get sort of expensive?  Oh well, if
you think it would be a good idea...

Thanks again for correcting me, and I apologize to the net for asking such
a dumb question...
                           --T
Thanks again for correcting me:  It's helpful info like that that makes this
network such a great place to exchange ideas. I apologize to the net for asking
such a dumb question...


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