4 Jun
1997
4 Jun
'97
3:40 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
Actually, after pondering this a bit, I take this answer back and submit the
following:
Why? Because it's the first new Apple ][ based product since the late
80's. It's based on the stuff of legends...I'm sure somewhere inside it
has traces of Woz. It wasn't meant to be useful as an Apple ][. It's
meant to be a toy for kids to learn about computers on. This could be
any old toy with any old CPU like the many that are out there, but it's
not. It's based on an Apple //e and, if you *can* get the programs on
it, will run any apple // software. For something that's meant as a toy,
that's pretty cool.
Sam
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You guys will
have to let me step in here and express a few
questions which demonstrate my ignorance of the Tiger Learning
Computer and its attraction:
1. Am I correct in assuming that it is impossible to run software
on the Tiger unless it comes in the form of a manufacturer
supplied cartridge?
2. Am I correct in assuming that there is no cartridge with Integer
or Applesoft Basic?
Don't #1 and #2 above pretty much limit the user to running an
incredibly tiny set of software? If so, then isn't the Tiger
little more than a incredibly stunted and dead-ended version of
the Apple II architecture? Sorry folks, maybe the Tiger just
isn't for me...
Until someone (me) figures out how to attach a disk drive to it. Will
you buy one then?