Subject: Apple IIgs enthusiast wannabe From: jrteague@my-deja.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:50:08 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Lines: 48 Message-ID: <7rjo1r$81u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.144.27.228 X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Sep 13 20:26:12 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 95; DigExt) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x41.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 209.144.27.228 I've owned my IIgs for a period of six months. Prior to that six months, I was fascintated in the idea of collecting old computers. My fascination was reinforced with the kaboodles of information on the nostalgia in collecting these classics. Six months ago I finally found a IIgs, threw on a kensington system saver, rpg monitor, imagewriter ii, etc. I did all of this for under ten dollars at a resale shop. This is the beauty and part of the fascination with collecting these. I do it for my own benefit, not for a chance of it ever being worth anything to the future. Six months ago I brought home my new toy with various system software and a copy of print shop that I found laying around the shop. About ten years ago, I learned the BASIC language on an Apple ][+ and was anxious to try it again on the IIgs. I was happy for the time being, always knowing in the back of my mind of the tons of software titles that I would be able to download off the net for it. Here I am now, a little disappointed. You see, the only other computer I own I a pentium clone. I am devastated to know that right now my IIgs is nothing other than a paperweight without any software. You see, my ultimate goal is to use a classic computer for everyday purposes, fulfilling its intended purpose, if you will. A web browser would be nice, or some really fun games, it would great to use it for email, or perhaps use it musically, for I am a musician. You see, as far as I can tell, the only way to accomplish these things is to spend a lot of money that I don't have on practially obsolete software that most of the modern computer world doesn't even care about. Hopefully, this conception is utterly untrue, and believe me, I'm the first one to know if it isn't. Would someone please let me know if I've hit the mark or if I'm living in a misconception? Either way it would be greatly appreciated. If you would, reply directly to jrteague@pdq.net and help a guy open his eyes to this select world of collecting these gems of computing history. Thank you. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.