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also note this will run fine on a stock system from 1980: an Apple II+ with 48k RAM (1MHz 6502) and a 16-sector 140k DOS3.3 Disk ][ drive.

If you're a commodore person, you should be comparing this with what you could do with a PET or maybe a VIC-20 in this timeframe (not a C64).

That's nice because all the Apple machines can run the program.

A split the middle might have been double low res, 80x48 with the same 16 colors, but only available on the //e and gs

IMHO, running on all the Apples is the better call.