Re: How I got interested in the Apple ][...

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

I got into the Apple II sort of by accident...
I bought my first computer (an iMac) in 2000, after studiously avoiding 
them for years. I really hadn't been around computers at all through the 
80s and 90s, so the history of it was all new to me. In the shop where I 
bought the iMac they had an old compact Mac on display and I thought it 
was pretty cool so I started looking around second-hand stores to see if I 
could find one.
After about a year I came across a IIc in a local thrift store... it was 
stuffed into a box with a lot of tangled cables and the only thing visible 
was the 9" monitor. I mistakenly assumed it was some kind of early Mac and 
bought it.
When I unpacked/untangled it at home, I realized I'd come across something 
quite different. Fortunately it came with a decent selection of software 
and a few books on AppleSoft and within a few hours I was a "programmer". 
That was very exciting, as I'd never before even entertained the idea of 
programming a computer... I was instantly hooked.
Since then I've acquired about 25 assorted Apple II's and some cool 
peripherals. I've also got a few compact Macs, but it turns out they're 
nowhere near as much fun as the Apple II ;-)
-s

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