Re: Why still using Apple II?

[Lockar <lockar@apple2forever.DOTorg>]

      I'm that way with Bard's Tail III.  I started playing that game
on my Apple //c+ when I got it.  So I got used to the fast combat
messages.  LOL

      -Lockar


In article <uce-083CC6.07023409062005@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article <1118114148.094148.206490@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>  acctforjunk@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I used to have an Apple II+, then a IIe.  It was my first computer.  I
> > liked it at first, but noticed how nice the PCs were getting, with
> > faster processors and nicer graphics.  This was in the late 80s/early
> > 90s.
> > 
> > The last couple days I've started getting all nostalgic and downloaded
> > AppleWin, been looking at pictures and reading about old Apples on the
> > Internet.  I ran a few programs I used to use on the AppleWin emulator
> > and thought it's really cool how it emulates a II perfectly.  But then
> > I realized why I quit using the Apple IIs.  Nice machines for their
> > time, but unfortunately, terribly outdated.
> > 
> > So my question is, what are you using yours for?  You obviously have a
> > newer computer to post things on the web.  Are you just playing around
> > with it or using it for productive things?
> 
> For me it's just entertainment software. I have not yet found an 
> emulator that accurately recreates the feel of a //e with a TransWarp, 
> so I'm off my rhythm if I try to, for example, play Ultima III on them.