Re: These computers still work?

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

"M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Crucifyself03 <crucifyself03@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> > Can an Apple II get on the Internet?
>
> Yes; an Apple II can run TCP/IP.  I think its called Marinetta?
>
> > Can an Apple II read 1.44 floppies?
>
> Yes, with a superdrive controller and 3.5" drive.
>
> > Do you have any other removable storage besides floppies?
>
> Zip disks, flash disks, CDROM, SCSI tape drives, etc.
>
> > I am suprised so many still use these old computers.  Perhaps you
use the
> Apple
> > II under an emulator, as there are plenty.
>
> Sometimes I use an emulator, but sometimes there is just no substitute
for
> the speed and color pallette of an Apple IIgs with a Transwarp or Zip
GSX
> accelerator board.
>
> You might want to review the FAQ.
>
> (props to Jason ;-)

"I told you so".  :-)

To the original poster, you may want to breeze through the FAQ.  The
IIGS has TCP/IP and there is an e-mail program, web browser, FTP client
and even an AOL Instant Messenger program.  Due to hardware limitations,
these programs are not as robust as the current programs such as
Internet Explorer and such, but are a great example of what can be done
when someone cares enough to work on it.

Hope this helps,
Jason Whorton