Re: More lies about GS Programming from Turkey

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regnirps@aol.com (Regnirps) wrote:

>You know, I can get all you folks a surplus Mac IIci from Boeing for $150 each
>with 20 meg of mem, 40 meg HD and a NuBus ethernet card and system 6.1 (boots
>in about 5 seconds), SCSI and all that. I'm using one to browse this
newsgroup.

No big deal...I've seen similar deals in thrift shops and the like...and of
course usenet.  ;-)  It is not a matter of other computers versus Apple IIGS.
Most of us have access to other computers.  We LIKE the GS.

>So, just out of cusiosity, why are you clinging to the gs?

It is REALLY a COOL computer.  The little Ensoniq chip is a classic.
Did you know there are fan groups of Mirage and ESQ-1...synths based
on the same sound chip...all over?  It is also fun to use.  Part of the
attraction is the counter-culture streak.  We boldly defy Apple by using
a computer they deamed worthy of destroying.  Just like why some
people have, polish, restore, and drive old cars...you know, the classics.
This is the same reason I like to use my trusty manual focus, manual
exposure camera.  There are more high tech models around, but I know
it well enough to get good pictures from it and it is fun to use.

>I have 4 //e boxes that are still usefull for quickly wire wrapped data
>aquisition cards and the gs is a nicer box, but I much prefer the //e with
>built in keyboard and an HD stuffed inside for the few jobs I still use it
for.

Depends on which computer you have grown to like.  If you are bonded
to 8-bit Apple II stuff, then to you a GS is no different than a fancy IIe.
To people like me, who like the APPLE IIGS side...the side that runs
16-bit software (basically ALL my software is native) and plays the
Ensoniq chip (see the music I've been posting on comp.binaries.apple2)
and bravely puts up a Wolf 3D game when nobody else thought the GS
could ever run such a 3D engine...a GS is far from a IIe...