11 Dec
1999
11 Dec
'99
3:24 p.m.
--- Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote:
Look at the stuff on the Apple II emulation web sites,
they run down the
full treatment to shk (shrink) disc images...
Cool. That's the kind of pointer I needed.
I plan to use a trio of Apples for my stuff, a IIe
card in a LC, a IIgs,
and a IIc+. The first two via Appletalk to a Appleshare 3.0.4 server.
Appletalk for the IIgs? I didn't know. Was there ever Appletalk for older
machines (it would have to be under ProDOS, of course)?
Many authors such as yourself have been making updates
and releasing their
older software to the public. You might want to think about that too. The
Apple II is still a good machine for the younger kids and the more software
the better.
I was only one of the independent authors. There were others who worked on
the projects, too. It was a one-man show with a room full of 1099 independent
contractors banging away on stuff for the Apple II, BBS Micro, C-64 and,
eventually, the PC (we even had PCjr stuff for a short while). The company
was "Software Productions"; we sold our stuff under the Reader's Digest name
-
"Micro Mother Goose", "Micro Habitats" and "Alphabet Beasts and
Company" were
our best selling titles.
We supported mice when mice were rare. I still have our original Apple II
mouse card - $250 MSRP in 1984, replacement mice - $35 each. These were the
identical kind used with the original 128K Mac.
If I ever run across my old boss, I'll ask if he is willing to release our
old stuff. I don't anticipate a problem, but I need to ask first.
-ethan
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