Comments on: Apple II’s 30th Anniversary. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Desert Tripper http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119366 Desert Tripper Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:33:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119366 Remember the cool disks with all the dealer programs? The guy that sold us some of our accessories when we built our first Apple gave us copies. Applevision (a cool program that had some impossibly complex mix of Integer Basic and assembly language), Nightmare #6 (the object of the game is to find out the object of the game!), the Great Probability Machine, etc. Good times! And of course Little Brick Out on the DOS 3.3 master disk. And later, when I got involved with a computer club, Disk Muncher was my best friend!! Just amazing to think that I now have nearly every Apple II program I ever used or played on my hard drive thanks to Apple Disk Transfer and AppleWin! Such great memories... Remember the cool disks with all the dealer programs? The guy that sold us some of our accessories when we built our first Apple gave us copies. Applevision (a cool program that had some impossibly complex mix of Integer Basic and assembly language), Nightmare #6 (the object of the game is to find out the object of the game!), the Great Probability Machine, etc. Good times! And of course Little Brick Out on the DOS 3.3 master disk. And later, when I got involved with a computer club, Disk Muncher was my best friend!! Just amazing to think that I now have nearly every Apple II program I ever used or played on my hard drive thanks to Apple Disk Transfer and AppleWin!

Such great memories…

]]> By: astanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119349 astanhope Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119349 P.S. LEMONADE STAND! P.S. LEMONADE STAND!

]]> By: astanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119348 astanhope Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:38:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119348 I was in fifth grade circa 1981. "Mr. Markoff," a young psychologist for the school district was so excited about computers. He selected a few kids (myself included) from the 5th and 6th grades who were the best at math and took us out of class for an hour per week to teach us BASIC on the Apple II. Thank you, Mr. Markoff, wherever you are! I was in fifth grade circa 1981. “Mr. Markoff,” a young psychologist for the school district was so excited about computers. He selected a few kids (myself included) from the 5th and 6th grades who were the best at math and took us out of class for an hour per week to teach us BASIC on the Apple II. Thank you, Mr. Markoff, wherever you are!

]]> By: Phoebe http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119347 Phoebe Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:37:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119347 Does anybody else remember the Apple IIc game "Island Prison?" We picked up a copy that didn't have directions, and it was such an eerie game. It was very frustrating, as you had to figure out a maze through a castle, but sometimes, for seemingly no reason, you'd be set back right where you started...five hours earlier. In the rare event that you made it through the castle, you were outside, with no clue as to the point of the game. But now there were fields and fences to explore. Man, that thing brings back some very confusing memories. Does anybody else remember the Apple IIc game “Island Prison?” We picked up a copy that didn’t have directions, and it was such an eerie game. It was very frustrating, as you had to figure out a maze through a castle, but sometimes, for seemingly no reason, you’d be set back right where you started…five hours earlier. In the rare event that you made it through the castle, you were outside, with no clue as to the point of the game. But now there were fields and fences to explore. Man, that thing brings back some very confusing memories.

]]> By: Jacques http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119286 Jacques Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:55:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119286 WTF is the Cadillac Escallade supposed to be representative of the evolution of the automobile in the same way that modern computers have evolved? I hope the fsck not, otherwise we are screwed. WTF is the Cadillac Escallade supposed to be representative of the evolution of the automobile in the same way that modern computers have evolved? I hope the fsck not, otherwise we are screwed.

]]> By: sastvguy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119285 sastvguy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:54:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119285 Ooh, let's play Wizardry, or Ultima, or Gorgon, or Castle Wolfenstein! Remember playing Oregon Trail at school? Remember programming "hi-res" graphics at 280x192? Remember getting busted by the computer science teacher for having a copy of Locksmith 4.1 among your disks? Good times... Ooh, let’s play Wizardry, or Ultima, or Gorgon, or Castle Wolfenstein! Remember playing Oregon Trail at school? Remember programming “hi-res” graphics at 280×192? Remember getting busted by the computer science teacher for having a copy of Locksmith 4.1 among your disks? Good times…

]]> By: Britt http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-119209 Britt Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:31:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/apple-ii%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary/#comment-119209 My first computer was an Apple IIe. Ah, memories! Got to love the green lines of joy! My first computer was an Apple IIe. Ah, memories! Got to love the green lines of joy!

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