Re: jippie, my apple2+ is still working :-))

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>>>i pickt up my old apple][+ in the basement after about 15 years and it
>>>is still running, and almost all disks are working :-))))
>>>
>>>I love this machine :-))) even if it takes 45 sec !!!! for a "for i=1
>>>to 3000:next" loop :-)))
>>
>>
>>The scary thing is that there have been situations where even my pentium
>>would take that long for that loop. A misbehaving thread in the background
>>gobbling cpu cycles like they were potato chips, and even the new stuff
>>isn't so fast anymore.
>
>On my Apple II+ a "for i=1 to 3000:next i" only takes some 3-4 seconds.....
>

   A lot has to do with whether or not you display the countdown on the screen
or not. A countdown in memory only may take 3-4 seconds, but to display that
may take 45.  Not sure of the exact counts, but try it....

Raymond