Re: getting DOS onto a //c+

[dsf@globalcrossing.net (Dan Foster)]

In article <5ae_200207031718@juge.com>,
Bruce Baker <Bruce.Baker@juge.com> wrote:
>No Bard's Tales in Dos 3.3, will not run from a HD.  Softdisk is a Shreveport
>LA company that did Dsiks of the Month.  They had them for Apple 2 Apple 2gs,
>Commodore, and PC, also Macintosh.

I used to be a subscriber from about disk #70 through about #140, and
those were *excellent* stuff. I mean, it was full of appleworks tips and
sample stuff showing off neat tricks in WP/DB/SS modules, or letters
containing really nice programmer tricks, or one major programmer's utility
provided each month (such as Applesoft BASIC command extensions), one
good in-depth article illustrating some nifty programming trick along with
source code and whatnot, at least one nice game per month, at least one
other utility software per month, etc. Those things were chock full of stuff ;)
Two floppy disks, two sides each, full of stuff, or 1 800K 3.5" disk.

I later stopped the subscription because money was tight and I was just
busy with other things, around the time that Apple II was well established
in its downward commercial spiral. I didn't stop the subscription due to
any quality reasons. It was pretty good, and I still think it is.

Best investment I ever made. Much to my delight, I just found some of my
all-time favorite games and programming tools on old Softdisk disk images
from the Asimov FTP sites. Great, because my original disks are long since
lost. :) Well, all of my Apple II original stuff is gone...disks, machines,
manuals (except for about 6), hardware, etc. Apple II lives on, still,
through a very faithful emulator. ;)

Anyone recognize those names: Lane Roath, Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, Jim Weiler,
Peter Rokitski, Bill Tudor? I wondered throughout the years whatever
happened to those folks. :)

-Dan