Re: can I use Apple II with a vga/dvi monitor? how to get software?

[BluPhoenyx <bluphoenyx@earthlink.net>]

The Wizard of Oz wrote:
>     You may also want to try an Apple// emulator on the machine. Some 
> people say they get better performance by running software in emulation 
> than they do natively on the same machine. (eg. Appleworks in an 
> emulator is much faster than M$ Word on a PC or Mac)

Yes, because you can 'max out' certain emulators and take advantage of 
features which usually aren't available on most II machines. Examples 
include 8mb ram (GS emulation) and multiple large disks.

Of course new hardware released such as CFFA disks remove some of this 
advantage. There is still the raw speed of many emulators on current 
hardware which I doubt could ever be matched.

Personally, I use both real hardware and emulated hardware. I find that 
works best when verifying extremes. For example, by max'ing the number 
of ProDOS hard drives available for testing a software project. I was 
able to test Atree's P8 volume functionality. My goal was to allow P8 to 
access up to it's limit of available drives.

Cheers,
Mike T.