Re: What to demo?

["Patricia Glenn" <diannelucas@sbcglobal.net>]

What USB card?

PatG
"The Wizard of Oz" <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> wrote in message
pan.2004.09.02.21.40.22.152762@emeraldcity.gov">news:pan.2004.09.02.21.40.22.152762@emeraldcity.gov...
> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 07:03:07 +0000, Wayne Stewart wrote:
>
> > The ApplesBC user group is having a 25th anniversary meeting this
> > December and we're going to have a variety of older Apple hardware
> > at the meeting. In theory it should have been in March as we had our
> > first meeting in March 1979 but December will do. We want to have a
> > number of older machines set up and  I ended in charge of that side
> > of it. For the non Apple IIs I'm thinking of
> >
> > Apple III
> > Lisa
> > 128k Mac
> > Mac Portable
> > Mac II
> > Mac IIfx
> > Quadra 950
> > 6100
> >
> > I'd also like to demo a thunderscan, either on the Mac or on an IIgs.
> > I'm also planning on one one computer running continuous Apple II and
> > other early Apple commercials.
> >
> > For Apple IIs I'm a bit torn A couple members have original Apple IIs
> > with serial numbers below 100 but I wouldn't likely be able to plug
> > cards into them and boot them up. It's tempting but I'd really like
> > to have all the Apple IIs up and running so I'm thinking about a
> > working not so early original Apple II of my own.
> >
> > I was originally thinking of only having a couple of Apple IIs but
> > I'm starting to think that just won't do. I want a IIc just because
> > it was such a great looking machine. The IIgs as the last design
> > and there's graphic and sound hardware and software I can't demo
> > on anything else. I'd like to demo a Graphic tablet so maybe a IIe
> > would be nice.
> >
> > We'll be demoing Apple II software and hardware mostly to people that
> > haven't seen one in 15 years or have never seen one. What hardware
> > and software would look the most interesting to non Apple II people?
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Here is something you may want to try. Ask the hardware developers in
> this group to send some evaluation copies for the meeting. If possible you
> could set up a LAN with file sharing and possibly a multi-player game. The
> USB card should be popular too. All using current hardware. That should be
> a real show stopper.
>
> If it works out, I want pictures and an article when you drop by. ;-)
>
> Later
> Mike
>
>