Re: Your favourite [Commodore] enemy - the Spectrum, the Atari, the CPC, the Apple 2, or the MSX???

[Scarletdown <SecretaryBird@SoftHome.net>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 00:55:38 GMT, "Kelli Halliburton"
<kelli217@crosswinds.not> wrote:

>Larry Anderson wrote in news:comp.sys.cbm:
>
>> Apple II - are they still out there?  That is the quietest group on
>> the net; I know there are Apple-II groups, but whenever you look for
>> user representation they don't show much in numbers.  :-/
>
>Believe me, they're not quiet amongst themselves. There are quite a few
>(well, two or three anyway) who enjoy regularly announcing themselves as
>leaving the fold due to perceived slights, only to reappear a few months or
>even mere weeks later.
>

Lately, csa2 has had some pleasant discussion going on.  It looks like
the old flamey days here may be over (I hope).  I've actually been
able to pick up a few nice little tidbits of useful techie info as
well as stuff of historical interest since I resubscribed; and I've
also been able to answer a few questions myself.

As for the question posed in the thread subject; my answer is "None of
the above".  I collect a wide array of different classic systems, and
love 'em all.  Unfortunately, I don't have room to display all of
them, so I just had to choose two to have permanently set up.  My
choices for the two to share desk space are:  The ROM 3 Apple IIGS,
and the nicely expanded TI-99/4a.  Those are the two that hold the
most memories for me.  The 4a was my first computer (though back then,
I didn't have the PEB for it, just the 16K console with a tape drive),
and the GS was my one computer until the mid 90s.

However, I do have other systems easily accessible for when I get the
urge to play with them.  Systems such as the Atari 800, Commodore 64,
VIC-20, SVI-328, etc) can easily be pulled out of the closet or from
under the bed and connected to the Amiga monitor that the TI is using
(since they all use the same composite cable).  And the TS-1000 and
Tandy MC-10 can quickly be brought out and hooked up to the VCR/Apple
Monitor TV setup or the TV tuner card in my 98-box, if I want to
tinker with those.

-- Scarletdown