[MacPerl] [Off Topic] The Perl Usage Survey Continues...

["Mark Manning/Muniz Eng." <markem@flash.net>]

Just a side note here:

The Mac is the _only_ system which can run:

MacOS
Linux (LinuxPPC & MkLinux)
Apple ][+
Apple //e
Apple //gs
Amiga
AtariST series software
Commodore 64
AtariXL series software
Video arcade (MAME) software
Windows 3.1
Windows 95

Software/OSs.  No other system will do this.  The above is possible with
hardware and/or software.  I've even seen a TI computer emulator.  For
some reason the IBM people never got around to making a //gs emulator
and the card you can buy for the IBM only emulates the //e.  You realize
that this means the Mac could conceivably replace IBMs and Unix
systems.  ;-)

Anyway, just some info.

PS: I don't know about true Macs, but the APS Technologies Mac clone
uses IBM keyboards, mice, and disk drives as well as the regular Mac ADB
stuff.  It has both sockets along the backplane and internal EIDE prongs
on the motherboard.  Makes it real easy to upgrade a hard drive and mice
only cost $9.00 each.  :-)

PPS:  I once plugged in both the ADB mouse as well as the PS/2 socket
mouse and my wife and I played mouse tag trying to get the cursor from
the center to one side of the other of the screen.  Being a fairly good
computer programmer I had many more hours of experience in getting the
mouse to do what I wanted.  :-)  Quite a bit of fun - but a bit hard on
the mouse.  :-/

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