Re: My rev-zero Apple II lives again!

[Gregory Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>]

In Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:54:19 GMT, "Vince Briel"
<vbrielnospamme@comcast.net> wrote:

> Who else has their first computer that was an Apple ][?
> Where did you get it and do you still use it?

First first Apple machine was a //e, bought at the very end of 1984. 
It's still in my house. It's rarely plugged in, but I do still use it 
from time to time largely because I haven't found any emulator that 
really gives me the Ultima III experience I remember.

Apple //e, eventually upgraded to "enhanced" status.
Slot 1: AE Serial Pro
Slot 2: Super Serial Card
Slot 3: AE Transwarp
Slot 4: Apple Mouse
Slot 6: Disk ][
Slot 7: Unidisk 3.5
AUX: Extended 80 column card

The Transwarp is why none of the emulators feel right.
Always wanted a Mockingboard to fill that last slot.

The original config had just two cards: the Disk ][ with a single drive 
on it, and a parallel card in slot 1 connected to an Epson printer. For 
a while I had a Hayes-branded, but not Hayes-compatible, 300bps internal 
modem in slot 2.

-- 
Standard output is like your butt. Everyone has one. When using a bathroom,
they all default to going into a toilet. However, a person can redirect his
"standard output" to somewhere else, if he so chooses.  - Jeremy Nixon