Re: Why an Apple II?

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

leed@sfsu.edu (DONALD CY LEE) wrote:

>	Late last night, a idea popped into my head for a post on the II 
>Newsgroups.  I have 2 questions:  Why did you get an Apple II computer in 
>the first place, and the second one is:  Why are you continuing to use an 
>Apple II, despite the emergence of new computers, etc......?  The 
>questions are will sound a bit narrow for those who have used more than 1 
>Apple II, so if you have for instance, bought a II+, went to IIe, then to 
>a IIGS, please tell us why.  

I got an Apple II+ because my dad, basically, gave it to me at age 12. When
I was ... uh ... 16 or so, I thought about buying myself another computer.
My option would have been a 286-12 MHz 0 Wait states (state of the art way
back then ;-), but friends convinced me to get a IIgs instead. At that
time, it still looked like it had a future. It hadn't been out all that
long, either.

Now it's almost 10 years later, and I still have my IIgs. Why? It's fun!
It's a fiddler's dream! Try creating your own PCI cards and you will know
what I mean. With the GS, I've got a chance of doing hardware: The bus
interface is dead simple and requires nothing more than TTLs and a GAL or
two. On a PC, you can forget home tinkering: The big boys have been there
before you.

Mind you, I do have a PC. I use it for Internet access and games. Once I
get a bigger hard drive, I plan to use it for Linux or FreeBSD (any time
soon now, really :). But I still have and like my GS. It's just so much
fun.

Soenke
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