8 Sep
2003
8 Sep
'03
11:43 a.m.
Hello Sellam,
However, Ismail warned the replica would not appeal to
everyone.
There's a very limited library of software for the machine.
Most Apple I software was written by hobbyists and never published
commercially. And what programs there are will have to be typed in
by hand -- in Basic or assembly code.
So perhaps you could put out a call to Apple I hobbyists that had written
programs, and ask that they make them public domain, and host a
library of them available for download on your web site?
And/or if you'd like to generate a bit of revenue, perhaps you could get
permission
to sell CD's of the library, something like Walnut Creek did with shareware,
for those that don't want to spend the time downloading, and would rather
just purchase a CD full of them?
Best Regards
8 Sep
8 Sep
1:18 p.m.
So perhaps you could put out a call to Apple I
hobbyists that had written
programs, and ask that they make them public domain, and host a
library of them available for download on your web site?
The Apple I Owners Club has software at: <http://www.applefritter.com/apple1/>
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
4:20 p.m.
Hello Tom,
That's good. Perhaps the fellow making the Apple I replicas might
put a link on his web page to your site, to help the people that might
get a kit find the software to use on it. And you could reciprocate with
a link to his site to help people find the hardware?
Best Regards
At 09:10 PM 9/8/03 -0400, you wrote:
So perhaps you
could put out a call to Apple I hobbyists that had written
programs, and ask that they make them public domain, and host a
library of them available for download on your web site?
The Apple I Owners Club has software at: <http://www.applefritter.com/apple1/>
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
9 Sep
9 Sep
3:51 a.m.
That's good. Perhaps the fellow making the Apple I
replicas might
put a link on his web page to your site, to help the people that might
get a kit find the software to use on it. And you could reciprocate with
a link to his site to help people find the hardware?
We're well acquainted and working to get everything set up properly. The
Wired article came rather suddenly.
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
8 Sep
8 Sep
4:57 p.m.
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Mail List wrote:
I guess journalists learn in journalism school that they always have to
throw in a caveat to make a story "balanced" or something. The reporter
asked me what would be a downside of the replica and I had to make
something up.
The fact that there is no software is really not an issue. The reality is
that if you find hacking on a primitive 6502 machine fun then you'll have
fun. Otherwise, you'll play with it a few times, shrug off the novelty
very quickly, and then put it up on your shelf where it will gather dust.
This is really just one of those "cool for a few moments" sort of things,
but I wasn't going to rain on Vince's parade by saying that for the
article.
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However,
Ismail warned the replica would not appeal to everyone.
There's a very limited library of software for the machine.
Most Apple I software was written by hobbyists and never published
commercially. And what programs there are will have to be typed in
by hand -- in Basic or assembly code.
So perhaps you could put out a call to Apple I hobbyists that had written
programs, and ask that they make them public domain, and host a
library of them available for download on your web site?
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