Re: Why still using Apple II?

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

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 time, but unfortunately, terribly outdated.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.

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