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Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 18:30:03 Apple II forever! Fast, efficient, expandable, and never crashing! AppleSoft BASIC in ROM, almost instant booting and launching of programs... Have computers before or since equaled the combined efficiency, ease of use, and stability of these wonderful machines? My IIgs is still my preferred machine for simple school papers. When I want to play games, my extensive library serves me well. Who else loves their Apple II? PFC Tallgeese 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 19:16:16 I would love my IIe, but unfortunately its logic board is dead and i can't find another locally. Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 5
MacScuzzy Moderator USA 119 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 20:13:17 maclover5, is it the logic board that's dead, or the CPU? The logic boards hard to ship/replace, but the CPU is much easier...get what I'm hinting at? ;) WhooHoo! I'm moderator! Apple II Forever! :) Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5
MacScuzzy Moderator USA 119 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 20:18:31 Tallgeese, while my IIgs is indeed a powerfull beast, it has been supplanted by a PowerMac 7500, and sent to a friends :( But when I feel in a retro mood, I fire up my trusty //c, as it's compact enough to store in my cramped room, and also has a built in disk drive, minimizing clutter. Nothing like fiddling with AppleSoft BASIC or playing Lemonade or LoadRunner! Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 20:44:05 quote: WhooHoo! I'm moderator! Apple II Forever! :) Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5 just a heads-up, I think you'll be seeing a lot of me around this forum... PFC Tallgeese 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 23:14:40 My Uncle's holding me an Apple II, next time I go over East I'm gonna pcik it up! ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit 68k Macintosh Liberation Army (now with forums!) 00007 Macs liberated.
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 08 Nov 2001 : 23:17:24 quote: maclover5, is it the logic board that's dead, or the CPU? The logic boards hard to ship/replace, but the CPU is much easier...get what I'm hinting at? ;) WhooHoo! I'm moderator! Apple II Forever! :) Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5 Its the logic board. Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 5
MacScuzzy Moderator USA 119 Posts	Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 20:55:34 quote: just a heads-up, I think you'll be seeing a lot of me around this forum... Please do! We need all the people we can get...oh, so THAT'S how you make the smileys! Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 19:12:07 quote: Apple II forever! Fast, efficient, expandable, and never crashing! AppleSoft BASIC in ROM, almost instant booting and launching of programs... Have computers before or since equaled the combined efficiency, ease of use, and stability of these wonderful machines? My IIgs is still my preferred machine for simple school papers. When I want to play games, my extensive library serves me well. Who else loves their Apple II? PFC Tallgeese 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3 of course it'll boot into AppleBasic fine...but then if you want to load up a game (specifially a 5 1/4 floppy) it takes forever FireWire is fast General, 4 star 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
MacScuzzy Moderator USA 119 Posts	Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 19:46:32 Actoully, compared to other computers of the time, the Apple II's drive was pretty fast. Have you ever had the, ah, pleasure of loading programs from the disk on a Commodore 64? SSSlllllloooowwwww!!! The C128 improved this some, but it was still sorta slow. Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 14 Nov 2001 : 13:31:48 And, when you take into account the fact that it is booting up when you insert the disk and flip it on (or hit openapple-control-reset) it positively flies! If you only intend to play one game, or use one app for a while, it is still faster than booting up your Mac, watching the extension parade, firing up ClarisWorks, etc. That's why AppleWorks 3.0 is still my preferred short paper engine. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 02:12:05 Apple //e's will live forever. jeremy "If we go down the shitter the whole ecosystem goes down the shitter." Steve Jobs My AOL, AIM Sceen name is got 007s milk Covert Ops 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 17:53:21 ...until they die. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2001 : 18:53:06 quote: ...until they die. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3 haha good call FireWire is fast General, 4 star Forum moderator 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2001 : 22:28:33 Of course, this is not to say that they die easily. My band teacher had a beige //e in his office without a top, the insides were filled with dust, dirt, and cigarette leavings, and I was still able to fire i up and play with BASIC. He didn't let me take the paddles, though... Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 07 Dec 2001 : 06:04:59 I wonder what he's going to use them for... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit 68k Macintosh Liberation Army (now with forums!) 00013 Macs liberated.
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 07 Dec 2001 : 07:43:30 Nothing. The //e is currently more alive than he is. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2001 : 22:04:41 I love my Apple //e and its over 300 apps and games. --jeremy >>"If we go down the shitter the whole ecosystem goes down the shitter." -Steve Jobs >>My AOL, AIM Sceen name is got 007s milk >>Covert Ops, 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
Brandon Starting Member USA 10 Posts	Posted - 25 Dec 2001 : 11:35:39 quote: Apple II forever! Fast, efficient, expandable, and never crashing! AppleSoft BASIC in ROM, almost instant booting and launching of programs... Have computers before or since equaled the combined efficiency, ease of use, and stability of these wonderful machines? My IIgs is still my preferred machine for simple school papers. When I want to play games, my extensive library serves me well. Who else loves their Apple II? PFC Tallgeese 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3 I crashed my ][+ ONCE. I was playing solitaire and I hit the desk the computer was on hard. The computer wouldn't respond to anything until I reset it. I'm more of an early Apple fan (][, ][+). Don't need no stinkin' lowercase or Apple keys! Macs Liberated: 3 Apple ][s liberated: 1
Brian Hyer Starting Member 3 Posts	Posted - 05 Jan 2002 : 13:58:12 Absolutely love my original IIe - I even still have the box from the day I carted it home from my local Apple dealer. As for reliability, it's the best. Expandability? Better now than ever! I can go buy all those rare, hard-to-find cards at Goodwill for a buck or two... (Latest find: an original IIe mouse with card and software, still shrinkwrapped with $199 price tag! - Got it for 50 cents...) It's got the job of running my house lights and appliances while I'm away, courtesy of an X-10 interface (of which I bought two for $15). Unfortunately, my II+ died in a non-computer fire some years ago; it was serial numbered under 5000 though. Nice to see others here still keeping the 8-bits alive!
MacScuzzy Moderator USA 119 Posts	Posted - 11 Jan 2002 : 13:28:57 Wow, I'm glad to see people still using their '][s like that! quote: Nice to see others here still keeping the 8-bits alive! We try ------------- Spring has sprung, fall has fell, winters here and it's colder then usual. Brigadier MacScuzzy 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68K Macs liberated:5
Captain Video Starting Member 14 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2002 : 23:10:27 I remember having papers done on a Apple II. Did fine for that. And if your into writing BASIC programs, they're fun for that. And there exists tons of interesting programs for them People did alot of experimenting with those computers, beucase no one had decided a computer should just do office apps, games, web and graphics. Check around for programs, you'll find interesting ones out there.

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