Re: Complete Basic?

[Michael Kent <michael@syndicomm.remove.this.com>]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> It's not "compatibility" that makes a machine an Apple II--it's the
> whole spirit of the thing--the way the case snaps open,

The IIgs's case snaps open just as easily as the IIe's.  Now, about that
IIc+ you won at KansasFest....  ;-)

> the way it greets you with a "program me" prompt when you turn it on!

You don't boot into Choplifter much, do you?  :-)

I'd just like to point out that you can boot into Applesoft -- and
Choplifter -- just as easily on a IIgs as you can a IIe.

> (That's why I can't get excited about emulation of a II on a modern
> structural behemoth.)

I hear you there.  If I can't plug a Disk II controller card into it, it's
not an Apple II.  Now, about that IIc+ you won at KansasFest...*  :-)

Mike

* a well-deserved victory I might add.  NadaPong rocks!