Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Atari 2600 / Apple II (was:Re: MiniPrix (was:Re: Rom01 vs rom03)) Message-ID: <9012171106.AA05033@apple.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 10:59:54 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 23 On Sat, 15 Dec 90 01:33:22 GMT The Unknown User said: >many other people consider old and obsolete, to be calling ANYTHING else >old and obsolete. When did the Atari 2600 come out? 1978? Hmm... Sounds >remarkably close to the time when the apple // came out! Yes... the ORIGINAL Apple ][, but the GS came out in 1986. I think the point of his message was that, we (Apple // owners/users) want a positive image of the Apple ][ line and that making games that looked like Atari 2600 games wasn't really something to brag about. P.S. I'm not sure about this, but didn't the 2600 come out before '78? I'm almost positive that we got our long before that, but I could be wrong >/Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ >|WRITE TO ORIGIN ABOUT ULTIMA VI //e and IIGS! Mail me for addresses, & info. | >\ "Dammit Bev, is it you inside or is it the clown?" -IT by Stephen King / ---------------------------------------- Michael J. Quinn University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com