Re: Complete Basic?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Michael Kent wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
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> > 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,
>
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> The IIgs's case snaps open just as easily as the IIe's.  Now, about that
> IIc+ you won at KansasFest....  ;-)

Yes, although I was delighted to see that it no longer snaps
together--just a few screws.

And I find that I've never gotten proficient at popping a IIgs open--
maybe it's because I only do it a couple of times a year.  My //e, on
the other hand, has its top semi-permanently off.  ;-)

> > the way it greets you with a "program me" prompt when you turn it on!
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> You don't boot into Choplifter much, do you?  :-)

Nope.  ;-)

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

Thanks!  Ironically, it won't run on the IIc+, because it "repurposed"
the annunciators.  ;-(

-michael

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