The Card That Made the Apple II Serious
js2
23 points
8 comments
June 27, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
js2
I hadn't seen the A2FPGA card before. It was briefly discussed on HN a couple years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41237176
pohl
I knew before clicking it was the 80 column card.
musicale
Forget "serious" - games were and are the killer app for personal computing devices. How many people use Apple II emulators to run VisiCalc, after all?