Re: Whats an Apple ][

[aa382@freenet3.carleton.ca (Marc Sira)]

In our last episode, cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu) said:

>Speaking of Apple and their 'names', it really annoys me that they
>chose to re-use the term AppleSoft to describe some part of their
>software base (I think), instead of our faithful BASIC language...

Applesoft never really had the ][-nature anyway. Integer BASIC is faster,
cleaner, and was apparently written by Woz in his *head*. And it had the
very cool Programmer's Aid #1. I only wish I had an intact copy of the
image & loader (my System Master disks got eaten...backups??).

Wasn't Applesoft written, at least in part, by the Anti-Woz, whose-name-
must-not-be-spoken?

(I believe the language is named "Applesoft", btw...BiCapitalisation belongs
to a later, more losing age...an age of...marketing. So they're not actually
the same. Though I could be wrong.)

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