Subject: Re: apple II and other things Path: lobby!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc01.blue.aol.com!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!199.60.229.5!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail Message-ID: <396B1860.9E1D92C9@ozemail.com.au> From: Andy X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2 References: <8e3td8$4ds$1@mxgate.memex.co.uk> <3936856f.5975482@netnews.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust214.tnt2.gold-coast.au.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 963320503 210.84.179.214 (Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:01:43 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:01:43 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:51:44 +1000 I still have an old apple II sitting here. Has anyone ever made internet related (yeah, I know it would struggle) programs for the ][? I think that would really be a statement to the old beast. Can you imagine connecting a similar aged AT computer the the internet? Supposing that is if you could stand the crappy EGA display. I'd like to try sending an email on the apple to - just for fun. pblock wrote: > There are several reasons to be an Apple ][ fan in this day & age, about a > decaded since the last Apple ][ rolled of the assembly line. > > First, and probably foremost is nostalgia. Many people grew up with an > Apple ][, either in their homes or, thanks to Apple selling/giving away > several units, at school. (That was me. I didn't get my Laser 128EX until > '92. Growing up I had a VIC-20. Odd how I don't have very many fond > memories of that machine.) > > Another reason, and probably the best is some people still use their > Apple ][. And I'm not just talking about firing it up for old time's sake. > I mean running Appleworks because you need to do some typing. I remember > there was a guy on here who wanted to run a particular Apple ][ application > since modern versions just didn't work as well. That's a testament to the > machine. The Apple ][ is still useful, as useful as it was back then. > > After these there are many other, smaller reasons. > > Such as, the Apple ][ is a historic piece, being the first computer designed > for, sold to, and bought by the masses. I don't care what kind of computer > you're using now, it owes something to the Apple ][. > > The Apple ][ is a work of art. Woz had talent and it shows in the > Apple ]['s design and execution. The Apple ][ had no business being as good > as it was when it was made. It's a tribute to the creator. > > (Interestingly enough, most of the feature of the Apple ][ that made it as > good as it was, color graphics, sound, etc. were due to Woz wanting to be > able to make Breakout for it. It was designed to run a game...go figure)