Re: Commodore drives can be controlled on Apple II serial!

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:

: >No one has to explain why they read/post to this group. I guarantee you that
: >there are people who realize that Apple IIs are hardly state of the art any
: >more and use other more capable stuff. That hardly means that their input
: >is not valuable or unwanted. One can enjoy working with them (and reading
: >this group) just the same as people who use Apple IIs for everything.

: That guy was clearly flamebaiting.

Most likely, but not a sure thing.

: Realizing this and using that is another matter.  What do you think the
: purpose of that guy was?  I use a Macintosh but I would not go into
: a Windows newsgroup and post a "Windows interface is clearly inferior
: and using it is like putting 100MB and 18gig hard disk in an 8088."

I find myself wondering from where and why people get such off the wall 
ideas for making stuff work with Apple IIs. This ISA to Apple II peripheral
slot converter idea just to get an ethernet card to work is the latest head
scratcher along these lines. For my part, I'm content to use mine as is
for what it can do and using more up to date equipment for other stuff.

: Trolls are free to post in an unmoderated group, but real enthusiasts
: like Cameron and I must be free to respond....

Ignoring 'em is the best way to get trolls to clam up.

: I am also pretty sure that such trolls are legitimate candidates for
: retro-moderation.

Not sure what retro-moderation (if such a thing could happen) would do
other than waste more bandwidth and start the endless thread go round.
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