Re: 256 Colors

[Joe Kohn <joko@NoMoreSpam.net.invalid>]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> I feel, as a programmer, that the real "glory" of the Apple II was the
> 8-bit machines, since they were so much easier to program than the
> 16-bit IIgs.  (You may say that the IIgs could also be programmed as
> an 8-bit machine, but in that case it wasn't really used as a IIgs.)

Since the Apple II was released more than 25 years ago (gulp!!), I guess
we all have different "glory years."

For me, it was the era of the IIGS. After all, within just a few months of
the IIGS coming out, I was hired by The Source to run their Apple II
forum, and from there, I went on to work for The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide,
inCider/A+, SoftDiskGS, Big Red Computer Club, and finally Shareware
Solutions II.

Now, that's not to imply that I didn't love my Apple II+ before getting
the IIGS. But, the II+ didn't change my life; the IIGS certainly did.

And yeah, I'm typing this message on my trusty IIGS ;-)

Joe Kohn
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko



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