Re: Which Apple II?

["Chris Alaimo" <cpalaimo@excite.com>]

What would you need with four 5.25" drives?  How is two not enough?  How is
GS/OS an imitation of modern OSes when it preceeded them?  I agree though
that DOS is superior.

Where's the love for a good ole' ][+???


"Simon Williams" <email@luddite.ca> wrote in message
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> Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > For practical reasons, I agree with Paul, although it's my IIe that
> > is on a side desk and my IIgs that sits on the floor in the corner.
> > I just personally like the IIe better because I don't care for GS/OS
> > that much.
> >
> > To me, Dos 3.3 and Prodos are classic microcomputing, and GS/OS is
> > a poor imitation of modern operating systems. These days I'm so
> > spoiled by 1600x1200x32 accelerated antialiased graphics, I can
> > hardly stand to look at the IIgs finder for more than 5 minutes.
> > Demos and games are still ok though.
>
> I absolutely agree... GS/OS is like Macintosh System 6 running on a
> mechanical adding machine... An enhanced IIe with 4 x 5.25" drives,
> mouse, and a Super Serial Card is all the computer you will ever need.
> If you can find an amber monitor instead of green then all the better.
> If you must have a GUI then Apple 2 DeskTop is almost as slow as GS/OS,
> but nowhere near as complicated.
>
> Second choice would be a //c -- handy because it's got all the standard
> expansion cards built in... not to mention it is without a doubt the
> coolest looking computer ever made.
>
> If you're really in a bind, a IIgs makes a pretty good Apple II emulator
> ;-)
>
> -simon
>
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