top | item 46848720 (no title) biofox | 28 days ago What was the reasoning behind that? discuss order hn newest Dwedit|28 days ago It's because the Apple I had no built-in BASIC, and booted to a Monitor prompt. It was hard to use without a manual in front of you.Meanwhile, the Apple II just let you put in a disk and boot a program. Huge difference in usability. paulryanrogers|28 days ago Probably to reduce support costs.I recall my junior high school had only Apple IIs in 1995.
Dwedit|28 days ago It's because the Apple I had no built-in BASIC, and booted to a Monitor prompt. It was hard to use without a manual in front of you.Meanwhile, the Apple II just let you put in a disk and boot a program. Huge difference in usability.
paulryanrogers|28 days ago Probably to reduce support costs.I recall my junior high school had only Apple IIs in 1995.
Dwedit|28 days ago
Meanwhile, the Apple II just let you put in a disk and boot a program. Huge difference in usability.
paulryanrogers|28 days ago
I recall my junior high school had only Apple IIs in 1995.