RE: Why an Apple II?

[yeo@wattle.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo)]

colin.williamson@mdtnbbs.com (Colin Williamson) writes:

>Quite frankly, because I found it cooler than the Atari ST and the Amiga, and
>less expensive than the PC. The Bard's Tale was the first game I ever had, and
>it blew me away. You can imagine my amazement when I first saw games like
>Thexder, Rastan, and Task Force, as well. The GS had... character. And I dug
>Music construction set too.

	I still remembered that the game 'Taipan' and 'Bandits' makes me buy
the Apple II+ in the first place years ago, back in 1984. When I saw the
Bard's Tale later on, it also blew my head off... and the Apple II took my
perference over the IBM PCs when I came across Below the Root, Book of
Moebius and Alternate Reality.

	I still can remember back in 1987 when I about to move on, it is
either the choice of the Macintosh II, the IBM PC/AT or Amiga. Still, I was
waiting for the Apple IIgs to be displayed in Singapore, and when I saw the
computer finally arrived in early 1988, I fell in love with it, after
watching the Fantavision demo and Music Construction Set.

>Why do I still use it? Because of a dwindling user base, GS people kinda seem
>like a big family. The GS still can hold its own against those macs, with new
>software like Quick Click Calc, Morph, Animasia, and Wolf3D (if it's ever
>released.)

	I agree to that. I am still trying to keep the Apple II and IIgs
alive here in Brisbane, Australia. Even though I am only going to spend about
4 years here for my studies, I find great pleasure helping out those fellow
users who are in need of help, getting parts and programs. Keeping the
'II Infinitum' spirit alive here is a great challenge to me, and to my fellow
users here, they have someone more 'knowledgable' to ask help from.

>All in all, the II is one damn neat computer. Would I have bought a
>PC or Amiga if I could go back nine years ago today? Not a chance. The "II
>Infinitum" spirit keeps all of us on Csa2 optimistic (well, most of us,
>anyway). 

	Nope, neither will I, I prefer my Apple IIgs, and even if I have to
move on to another computer the next time, I will still keep my Apple IIgs
and the wonderful times it brought me !

	Special thanks to Mike Websterfield (ORCA languages), Alan Bird
(GShrinkIt), Joe Kohn (Sharware Solutions II), Jawaid Bazyar (GNO/ME),
Lim Thye Chean & David Ong TW (moral support back in Singapore), Ian Brumby
(ViewDL & QWiK 'n Easy), Daryl Knight (Silicon Sarcophagus BBS - formerly
the Lower Planes BBS), friends in AUSOM (Apple Users Society of Melbourne),
friends in Apple-Q Inc (Brisbane Apple Users Group), friends in KVAC (Klang
Valley Apple Core - Malaysia), friends in AUGS (Apple Users Group Singapore)
Peter Watson (author of MS-DOS Utilities).

	Also worth mentioning, Peter Hinchliff (Perth, Oz), Alan Maynard
(Perth, Oz), Kevin Noonan (Adelaide, Oz), Jim Fraser (Tasmania, Oz), the
Sydney Apple Users Group and EVERYONE here in comp.sys.apple2 (including
Dr. Tom.)

>Oh yeah, well, John Sculley sucks, if it weren't for him we'd all be a lot
>happier with our Apple IIgs+'s. But that's another story, huh?

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