Re: Do people still actually use Apple 2?

["St�phane Guillard" <stephane.guillard@steria.com>]

Hi,

> Do people still actually use Apple 2? Why are there so many active
> groups for computers that have not been made in so many years. Serious
> questions.

I sure do use it daily, as a serial terminal for my AmigaOne running OS4. I 
need serial debugging because I write device drivers which run before there 
is anything available to show traces on screen. The OS4 works is spare time 
hobby, but it keeps me busy every night ;)

You can see the thing in its context (next to the AmigaOne screen) at 
http://s.guillard.free.fr/OS4/sg2-s-desk.jpg (beware, insanely huge pic) and 
a close look at the Apple itself at 
http://s.guillard.free.fr/OS4/sg2-s-apple2.jpg (the garbage on screen is the 
tail of an OS4 boot log, especially my serial ata OS4 driver's traces).

You can also see the machine's underwears at 
http://s.guillard.free.fr/Apple2IDE/Apple2IDE.htm with my homemade harddisk 
controller, from which I load some applications after floppy bootup of my 
harddisk routines :)

Regards,
-- 
St�phane