20 Sep
2010
20 Sep
'10
12:17 p.m.
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II is going to turn into dust in the
not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated to illustrate why it was so
awesome back in '78? For example, with an Altair, you can either load Billy's
Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on the Hill" through your AM radio. But what
application do you run on an Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man
kind?
-Mardy
20 Sep
20 Sep
12:32 p.m.
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II
is going to turn into dust in the not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated
to illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an Altair, you can
either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on the Hill" through your
AM radio. But what application do you run on an Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The
Woz's gift to man kind?
Visicalc.
12:52 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> wrote:
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II is going to turn
Apple II Software Hits - sorted by year
http://apple2history.org/appendix/aha/
into dust in the not too distant future, how can
It best be demonstrated to
illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an Altair,
you can either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on the Hill"
through your AM radio. But what application do you run on an Apple II that
epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
Visicalc.
12:51 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II
is going to turn
into dust in the not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated
to illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an
Altair, you can either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on
the Hill" through your AM radio. But what application do you run on an
Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
VisiCalc
Flight Simulator
1 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
> But what application do you run on an
> Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
If you were the right age to be in school when they were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. I was not, but folks I know who
are now about 30-35 were.
-ethan
1:14 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
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On Mon, 20 Sep
2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
> But what application do you run on an
> Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
If you were the right age to be in school when they were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. I was not, but folks I know who
are now about 30-35 were.
1:17 p.m.
If you were the right age to be in school when they
were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. I was not, but folks I know who are now
about 30-35 were.
It's weird: I am 35, and our school was all-Apple II, but we didn't have
that game. Actually we didn't have any games. We learned AppleWorks,
PrintShop, and BASIC. All the game-playing was done at home.
FlightSim, the Epyx olympic series, H2G2, games we wrote ourselves in
BASIC, Pole Position, etc. ..... although I was addicted to a
sword-fighting game called Swashbuckler. Anyone remember that?
1:35 p.m.
Ah Swashbuckler was great! I remember that one well. But I spent hours and
hours playing Loadrunner.
David Williams
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From: Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net>
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 3:17:35 PM
Subject: Re: Apple II Killer App
If you were the right age to be in school when they
were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. I was not, but folks I know who are now
about 30-35 were.
It's weird: I am 35, and our school was all-Apple II, but we didn't have that
game. Actually we didn't have any games. We learned AppleWorks, PrintShop, and
BASIC. All the game-playing was done at home. FlightSim, the Epyx olympic
series, H2G2, games we wrote ourselves in BASIC, Pole Position, etc. .....
although I was addicted to a sword-fighting game called Swashbuckler. Anyone
remember that?
3:05 p.m.
Maybe not the best for graphics abilities,
But I enjoyed ChopLifter and LodeRunner.
Graphics and sound.
Keven
1:25 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
If you were the right age to be in school when they
were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. ?I was not, but folks I know who
are now about 30-35 were.
Oregon Trail and Odell Lake are synonymous with my grade-school Apple
// experience. However those were available on other platforms as
well (OT came with my 64C.)
3:37 p.m.
If you were
the right age to be in school when they were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. _I was not, but folks I know who
are now about 30-35 were.
Oregon Trail and Odell Lake are synonymous with my grade-school Apple
// experience. However those were available on other platforms as
well (OT came with my 64C.) 
21 Sep
21 Sep
6:27 a.m.
Lemonade stand. Our high school computer room used to resound with the music from the
various weather forcasts for that game.
-Bob
bbrown at harpercollege.edu ####? #### Bob Brown - KB9LFR
Harper Community College ##? ##? ## Supervisor of Operations
Palatine IL USA????????? ####? #### Saved by grace
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf
Of Jason T
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:25 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: Apple II Killer App
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
If you were the right age to be in school when they
were full of Apple
IIs, "Oregon Trail" was a big deal. ?I was not, but folks I know who
are now about 30-35 were.
Oregon Trail and Odell Lake are synonymous with my grade-school Apple
// experience. However those were available on other platforms as
well (OT came with my 64C.)
3:29 a.m.
Visicalc..
But ..
It was the Visicalc they were buying.
The Apple was considered just something you needed if you wanted to run
Visicalc.
Visicalc also ran on Apple Lisa, Atari. IBM PC and Commodore PET.
Regards
?
Rod Smallwood
(Formerly Visicalc Product Manger - Rapid Recall)
?
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: 20 September 2010 20:52
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Apple II Killer App
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II
is going to turn
into dust in the not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated
to illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an
Altair, you can either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on
the Hill" through your AM radio. But what application do you run on an
Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
VisiCalc
Flight Simulator
6:26 a.m.
The whole point of a killer app is that is sells systems just to run that
app.
How many months or years was it before you could run Visicalc on anything
but an Apple II?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Smallwood" <rodsmallwood at btconnect.com>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only'" <cctech at
classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:29 AM
Subject: RE: Apple II Killer App
Visicalc..
But ..
It was the Visicalc they were buying.
The Apple was considered just something you needed if you wanted to run
Visicalc.
Visicalc also ran on Apple Lisa, Atari. IBM PC and Commodore PET.
Regards
Rod Smallwood
(Formerly Visicalc Product Manger - Rapid Recall)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: 20 September 2010 20:52
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Apple II Killer App
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II
is going to turn
into dust in the not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated
to illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an
Altair, you can either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on
the Hill" through your AM radio. But what application do you run on an
Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
VisiCalc
Flight Simulator
20 Sep
20 Sep
3:20 p.m.
New subject: Free?: Toshiba Libretto 100CT and Apple Powerbook 160
Hi,
If anyone's interested, a friend is looking for a home for a Toshiba Libretto 100CT
and an Apple Powerbook 160
(presumably free). The computers are in the S.F. Bay Area. (Both are over 10 years old
:)
I'll send the name and email contact info to the first responder who wants them ...
but I'm otherwise staying out of the loop :)
thanks,
Stan Sieler
sieler at allegro.com
4:30 p.m.
New subject: Free?: Toshiba Libretto 100CT and Apple Powerbook 160
I've received two "yes" responses, so please consider it claimed.
thanks!
On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Stan Sieler wrote:
Hi,
If anyone's interested, a friend is looking for a home for a Toshiba Libretto 100CT
and an Apple Powerbook 160
(presumably free). The computers are in the S.F. Bay Area. (Both are over 10 years old
:)
I'll send the name and email contact info to the first responder who wants them ...
but I'm otherwise staying out of the loop :)
thanks,
Stan Sieler
sieler at allegro.com
7:18 p.m.
New subject: Free?: Toshiba Libretto 100CT and Apple Powerbook 160
I've received two "yes" responses, so
please consider it claimed.
Well, I have the consolation prize I guess. I've been meaning to get rid of a Toshiba
Libretto 70CT with external floppy drive, CD ROM drive and docking station. I also have a
carrying case for it. It worked the last time I tried it but I'm not sure how good the
battery is. Anyone interested? You pay the shipping unless you have something interesting
to trade. Ever since reading the book "Racing the Beam" by Nick Montfort and Ian
Bogost I've been interested in getting an Atari 2600...
8:12 p.m.
New subject: Free?: Toshiba Libretto 100CT and Apple Powerbook 160
I still have it but I'm going to wait a bit to see if anyone offers anything in
trade.
On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:18 PM, David Betz wrote:
I've
received two "yes" responses, so please consider it claimed.
Well, I have the consolation prize I guess. I've been meaning to get rid of a Toshiba
Libretto 70CT with external floppy drive, CD ROM drive and docking station. I also have a
carrying case for it. It worked the last time I tried it but I'm not sure how good the
battery is. Anyone interested? You pay the shipping unless you have something interesting
to trade. Ever since reading the book "Racing the Beam" by Nick Montfort and Ian
Bogost I've been interested in getting an Atari 2600...
1 Oct
1 Oct
10:43 a.m.
New subject: Free?: Toshiba Libretto 100CT and Apple Powerbook 160
On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:18 PM, David Betz wrote:
Thanks to all who showed an interest in my Libretto 70CT. I've found a new home for
it.
I've
received two "yes" responses, so please consider it claimed.
Well, I have the consolation prize I guess. I've been meaning to get rid of a Toshiba
Libretto 70CT with external floppy drive, CD ROM drive and docking station. I also have a
carrying case for it. It worked the last time I tried it but I'm not sure how good the
battery is. Anyone interested? You pay the shipping unless you have something interesting
to trade. Ever since reading the book "Racing the Beam" by Nick Montfort and Ian
Bogost I've been interested in getting an Atari 2600...
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