Re: Battle of the Nostalgics

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote in message news:<20030209163422.04786.00000193@mb-ce.aol.com>...
> Now that I have had a chance to use several different
> generations of platforms, it seems clear why some
> folks are so fascinated with the Apple ][+ and others
> are so dedicated to the memory of the Apple IIGS.

What about the //e and //c? :)

> 
> For every great family of hardware, there is always
> a battle between the most popular of the family and
> the most advanced.  From a technical point of view,
> it is self-evident that the Apple IIGS was the better
> computer than the ][+.  In many ways, it was better
> than the Macintosh at the time of its release (that
> would be the Macintosh Plus before the IIGS and
> the Macintosh SE slightly after for those who don't
> remember) yet represented the last of a generation
> and this is the reason there are two camps of
> Apple II users.

Only two? ;)

<snip>

> So to all those who have chanced to discover an
> old Apple IIGS, do more than play that old
> Apple ][+ Defender on a DOS 3.3 5.25" disk with
> it.  Take the time to put in a hard disk drive,
> connect speakers to the audio port, find an RGB
> monitor, get a copy the best version of GS/OS
> and install it on the hard drive.  Install at least
> 4MB of memory and run the best software it is
> capable of.  

Wolfenstein 3-D on GS/OS 6.0.1 ;)

> Do this not to try to beat the Mac
> or PC of 2003.  That is not the point.  Do this to
> truly enjoy and understand what a great machine
> the IIGS was in its time. And above all, never
> NEVER write Apple ][GS (yuck)!

AOL that, IMAO.  (visit http://catb.org/jargon if you can't parse that!)

-uso.