They absolutely knew that they were making a platform that needed as much hardware independence as possible. The 512k was already in development before they eve

They absolutely knew that they were making a platform that needed as much hardware independence as possible. The 512k was already in development before they even finished the original, and they had the experience of the Apple II, which for all of Wozniak’s legendary work, was a dead-end because it relied too heavily on hardware hacks.