Re: Do people still actually use Apple 2?

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

aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:

> Thats why I play with Apple II and drive a VW bus.
>
> I can single-mindedly :-) understand, take apart,
> repair, modify, and upgrade the entire machine!
>
> I don't have to program a toolbox, API, DLL, blah
> blah billions of lines of other people's code.
>
> I don't have to deal with black box computers under the
> hood, fuel injection, black box sensors.  It has
> what it needs to function and is understandable
> _completely_ by the user.  The VW has something
> great called the "Idiot's Guide".  A how-to for the
> average human.
>
> Reliability and efficiency don't count when you
> are dependant upon other people to fix your machines.
>
> 1971 bus gets 30mpg.  It doesn't break down
> as long as the user maintains it.  All of the information
> on how to maintain it is available.  That is
> self-reliant and efficient.
>
> Old stuff is cool.  Millions of ideas from
> millions of people didn't cloud the design.
> The design is for the user, and not for the
> manufacturer to make $$ on repairs.

Very well put, Rich!

I often say that the Apple II was the last personal computer
for which all the documentation required to completely understand,
program, and customize it weigh less than the computer!  ;-)

-michael

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