Re: [Q] Why Apple2 when we have PC?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <D78y3G.qG@hkpu01.hkp.hk>,
Benoni C. K. Lee <benoni@encserver.en.polyu.edu.hk> wrote:
> Sorry, I am new here. 
> I want to ask why so many people still interested in
> knowing more about that 48KB+ memory computer while
> we have a IBM PC (or clone) which can do much more
> things?

Some of us might still be using Apple ][+ machines (probably very few
with only 48k).  Most of us are using at least an Apple IIe (64k or
128k memory, more with an extended memory card) or IIc (128k), and some
of us have an Apple IIgs (256k to 8 MB of RAM, faster processor, etc.)

Many of us have hard drives, accelerators, high density 3.5" drives,
etc.

The Apple ][ family has come a long way since the ][+.

With my IIgs, I can do about 99% of the tasks I want to use a computer
for.  The main ones involve communicating, programming, and word
processing, databases, etc.  All of these tasks can be done with no
trouble at all.

I have no interest in multimedia, little interest in games, and am
quite happy navigating the Web with Lynx on my UNIX host.

About the only things I find lacking are speed, screen resolution and
advanced programming environments (e.g. a working C compiler, and a
C++ compiler).  I will eventually get another computer when these
factors become more important.  Even then, my IIgs will still be
around.

> I also got a ][+, with 3 drives, more than 100 ][+ floppies,
> and a wildcard too. All of them are functionable, although
> without casing. I had store all these beneath my bed long
> long time ago.
> 
> The reason is I got no serial I/O port and no parallel I/P
> port to get data.

Why not?  You didn't even go to the trouble of buying a serial or
parallel interface card?
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David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
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