Re: AE Vulcan.

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Matt Jenkins <mdj@pacific.net.au> wrote:

>Honestly, nobody who's thinking logically puts a 10+ year old obsolete
>computer
>to any use that actually matters; it's hobbyist domain only. And that
>being as it
>is, anything goes. If //c's turn you on, //c's it is. If it's //gs's,
>that's cool too.
>I'll take the //e myself - but it's all just personal preference.

Call me crazy, then, but I actually use my IIGS quite often
to do word processing and envelope printing.  My IIGS and
PC are connected to the same printer and use the same
TrueType fonts (from a Mac/PC hybrid CD-ROM) so the
output is the same.  There is more than one person in my
family, which is why I don't get to WP on the PC all the
time.

Look at it this way, the IIGS could word process 10 years
ago and it can still word process today.  Just because it
cannot run Netscape and web browse graphically like the
PC does not mean it can no longer word process.

>I think we're all here because we think the Apple II (all of them) was a
>fantastic
>series of machines. Whether the IIgs offers more bang for buck or is a
>more logical
>choice is irrelevant; it's the warm fuzzy feeling inside that you get
>when you fire
>up that trusty old II that really counts.

On the IIGS, I get both.  Randy has a point, though, in
that with the IIGS I can both hobby with it and use it.  I
can't word process the same way (with the same set
of fonts as on my PC and printing to the same ink jet
printer) on a IIc or IIe.

However, I would differ from Randy when it comes to
making products for the IIc.  I do think that the hobbyist
segment alone would be enough incentive for a small
company to revive an old product like the CT-20 drive
provided they can get a hold of the rights to make the
product without paying a fortune.