Re: On this day, 10 years ago...

[ismdr@aol.com (ISMDR)]

>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>>     I still have fond memories of the day I unpacked my (then brand
>> new) GS and set it up. I doubt any other computer I buy in future
>> will provide as much excitement as the GS did for me on that day.

For me, it was a brand new Apple II+.  When I ordered it in May of 1980, I had
the choice of getting an Apple II or an Apple II+  - having no idea what the
difference between Integer and Applesoft Basic was, I went with the + since it
was the "Wave of the Future".  It was $999.99 with 16k of memory, and I sprung
another $100 for 16 more to bring it to the astounding total of 32k.

When I picked it up, I scheduled a day of vacation for the next day figuring
(correctly) that I'd be up all night.  When the sun rose at 6:00 the next
morning, I had been through all the manuals and tapes supplied with the
machine, had a pretty good understanding of Applesoft BASIC, a full ashtray,
and a running start on a journey that would eventually include an Apple IIc,
IIe, IIc+, IIGS, and finally, wrapping back around, an integer Apple II.

They say you never forget your first love, and when it came to computers, mine
was definitely the Apple.

Mike R