Re: Boot Dos3.3 progs/games from .dsk image on HD? (REAL IIgs)?

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:49:31 GMT, Mitchell Spector wrote:

> "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote:
>
>>"Mitchell Spector" <a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote in message
>>>     It's always been my opinion that an emulator can never replace the
>>> feel of the real thing. That's why I'm actively looking to find a C64
>>> and Amiga to tinker with (I missed out on these machines having
>>> gone the path of the Apple II Plus and then IIgs). :)
>>
>>I was never much interested in the C64
>
>     I seriously considered the C64 in the early 80's--especially
> because of its graphic, animation and sound capabilities, but
> ended up going the Apple II route. In retrospect I feel it was
> the better path, I enjoyed games just as much as my friends
> with C64's (I was envious of the sound mind you!) and it didn't
> take an eternity waiting for them to load! :)
>
>     The real advantage was the expendability, being able to
> plug in cards to extend its features over the years. Though
> what I really value looking back now, was being able to open
> the system up; both satisfying my curiosity about the electronics
> inside AND handling and tinkering with the hardware inside.
> I learned more about hardware than friends with Commodores.
> The C64 may have been nice game system, but they were as
> closed up as a Nintendo (granted with a bit more expandability,
> but they still came off as glorified game systems to most kids).
>
>>but an Amiga would be way cool. :-)  I always wanted one but it was
>>supported by Commodore. :-/
>
>     Thinking back, I may have been better off going from my
> Apple II Plus to an Amiga rather than the IIgs. One big reason
> was third party support and software, I was struggling to find
> software and other GS users as far back as late 1987, and
> it just got worse with each year (until I found the Internet by
> around 1991-92). Apple pretty much abandoned the system
> a year or two after I bought it, and it wasn't cheap either.
>
>     An Amiga would have cost me about a third the price, had
> support from the beginning well through to the mid 90's (and
> even continuing on today somewhat) and I would have had
> a more powerful system in several respects. Not that I dislike
> the IIgs, it was and still is a very cool machine, only it was
> prevented from being what it could have been because of
> Apple. The Amiga suffered because of Commodore too, but
> at least the system wasn't purposely crippled and overpriced.
>
>>I myself started on the TRS-80 Coco 1 & 3's
>>then moved to the Mac Plus.
>
>     I actually have a CoCo 3 in my collection. I'm tempted to
> find a floppy drive since it has such impressive sounding
> features.
>
>>Being a programmer, I was forced
>>into the Windows world by my company at the time.  They wanted
>>me to have a Windows machine with CD-ROM capability so
>>that I could run tutorial software that they wanted me to use. Fortunately,
>>Windows 95 came out a month around that time and I was able to
>>skip Windows 3.1.
>
>     I generally despised PC's during the era between 1990 and 1994.
> Windows 3.11, MCGA (blocky) graphics and AdLib/FM didn't exactly
> win me over. Apart from a lack of software support, I always felt my
> Apple IIgs made a nice alternative back then.
>
>     It wasn't until Windows 95 was introduced, along with wavetable
> synthesis and machines fast enough to handle VGA/SVGA modes
> that I felt the time was right to move on. Of course I was still quite
> stubborn, I continued to stick with my IIgs as my only system right
> up until early 1997. Even then I still was hesitant to adopt the PC
> as a main platform. I guess my fondness for Apple II's still hasn't
> worn off as I never retired my GS and keep it on my desk (and
> running!) to this very day.

I have never trusted any Win product to be my main platform. I'm finding Linux
far more to my liking.
So when I move to an Intel/AMD product it will be Linux.

>
> Mitchell Spector
> a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca

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