Re: Is there a version of Lynx for the Apple II/IIGS?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> After spending the last 15 years working with, and trying my darnest to
> support, the Apple II...I was just pleased as punch when you showed up on
> csa2, filled with enthusiasm for your projects. It was heartening for this
> 'old-timer' to see.

Well, thank you, and I intend to keep at it with all I've got. I've never
been
one to give up or worse yet, give in. Not to mention keeping boredom away,
the Apple II line albeit has many quirks which I can thank Woz for, has been
and is the greatest challenge I've ever been handed. I'm sure that the only
thing
holding me back right now is lack of knowledge and technical info. I have
many
more books coming and God knows they ain't cheap right now. At any rate,
it's
a great deal of fun and enjoyment. I loved my Atari computers, but for some
odd reason, these Apple IIs hold some special intrigue for me that the Atari
never did.

> I agree with Supertimer that computer users these days are different. The
> way I think of it is in "generations".

He is absolutely correct.

> The 1st generation of computer users had to get "under the hood" and learn
> everything there was to learn, and if the software didn't exist, they
> wrote it.

This is one area in which I lack. I need more programming info, but these
books
are very few and far between. Can I get Opus ][ on a payment plan? ;-)

> I'm a 2nd generation computer user, having got my first one in maybe 1980
> or 1981. And, what I've done over the years, is "support" the work of the
> 1st generation. In all those hundreds of articles for the magazines, I
> feel like what I really did was translate the techie terminology of the
> 1st generation into English.

And I thank and praise you for it, makes understanding them much easier.

> The 3rd generation of computer users have arrived, and for them, using a
> computer probably isn't that much different than driving a car or using a
> toaster.

You forgot cell phones and MP3 players.

> And, I'm not talking about the Apple II, but computers and computer users
> in general. Anyone can use one now.

Ain't it duh troof, Ain't it duh troof.

> As the great philospher Bob Dylan once sang, "The first ones now will
> later be last, cuz the times they are a changing."

Too quickly I might add.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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