Re: Marinetti Applications

["Liam Busey" <buseyl@yahoo.com>]

"Joe" <joko@NoMoreSpam.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net> wrote:
>
> > Well, I think I did release some screen shots quite some time ago but
> > they weren't anything spectacular.  However, Aaron Pulver's NetMail
> > does have some impressive screen shots (and even a hello to me in one
> > of them :-).
>
> Ewen Wannop and I can top that, as not only does Spectrum Automated Mailer
> have some nifty screen shots you can look at online, SAM is a real POP3
> mail program for the IIGS that's been out for several years, and it works
> great to send and receive e-mail.
>
> Of course, you know that, Jeff, but I bet if we did a poll right now on
> csa2, I'd bet that not even 10% of the subscribers even know that there's
> a Marinetti-aware e-mail program for the IIGS. And, probably even less
> know that there's a web browser for the IIGS. And, even less care about
> IIGS software.
>
> Y'know, at times, I feel like I'm the last person on earth to actually use
> a IIGS in 2003.
>
> Joe Kohn
> http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko   <--- read about cool IIGS software here

Ha ha ha, very funny. I use a real IIgs for everything but internet. If I
manage to get my current ISP to cooperate with Marinetti (worked fine with
old one) my PC will return to the closet (where it belongs).

Don't be so gloomy,  now is a great time to be a IIgs fan. With all the
schools dumping their hardware over the past several years, the Apple 2 is
no longer shackled to it's over inflated price of  times past and is now in
prime hobby territory.
The Apple 2 started out as a hobbiest machine and still serves that purpose
well. Unfortunately it's impractical to make a living off of these days :(.

Take heart. Our numbers may not be great but many of those who remain are
die hards.

Liam Busey