Re: You are Here! So: How did you get into Apple II Computing?

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On Thu, 21 May 1998 15:36:57 -0500, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

|>The May FAQs release has led to an email discussion about various
|>lead-ins to becoming an Apple II user. So ...
|>
|>How did you get into Apple II computing?

the Jr. High school i went to had Apple ][ machines.  as a 9th grader,
one period was split into four classes, two to a semester (a quarter
long, each).  they went something like Home Ec/IA, Health, Study Hall,
and Speech.  when it came time for us to shift into Study Hall, they
gave us an option: we could learn how to program on the computer
instead!  :)

as it happened, the instructors were winging it.  they were using the
Apple ][ User's Guide as a reference.  <g>  i managed to get my hands
on a copy.  by the time the class finished, i knew more about the
Apple than the instructors!  ;)

we had Apple ][, ][+, and (eventually) one or two //e machines.  when
i was in the Navy, i bought a GS.

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William Smith
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