Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!killer!rcj From: rcj@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Robert Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: R.I.P., BYTE: Summary: Apple //gs Keywords: BYTE, subscription, letter, fed up Message-ID: <5100@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: 6 Aug 88 22:12:03 GMT References: <6646@well.UUCP> <559@proxftl.UUCP> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 38 > > I'm in the middle of college now, and have been involved with computers since > I was 9, with my first commercial program sold before I turned 13. Well, since we all seam to be bragging about how young we were when we started computing: I am now 16, I have been programing for 8 years now (since I was 8 (obviously!)) and sold my first commercial program when I was ~14. I now run a small consulting/programing firm and have released a few programs into shareware... > > Your Apple ][ coverage has dropped to almost nothing, and you only bothered > > to mention Sun Microsystems when they came out with a PC-compatible > > workstation. > > Mmm. Apple ]['s really don't seem to be in use too much any more, though they > gave me many years of fun some time ago... An Apple ][ (notice I didn't say > ][+) was the first machine I used that actually had a disk drive. I > enjoyed wading through the Beagle Brothers' source code and developing a solid > mastery of the 6502. Still, the Apple being so antiquated, I can maybe under- Well, in case you haven't heard, the Apple ][ line is still going quite strong. The //gs came out recently and is in the market to compete with the Amiga and Ataria supersystems out there. On this subject, I still am not sure why these computers have not caught on more than they have. They are excelent graphics & sound boxxes (I mean the Amigas, Ataria, and //gs, not just the //gs...) and are very resonably priced. Is it because people just demand IBM compatibility these days? Even for home use where it offers no real advantage? Just a few cents worth, Robert Johnson P.S. I agree about Byte...I have just about given up on computer mags in general. I'll pick one up every once in a while when its looks like something new, and not just a re-hashing of the same old stuff. I really get most of my computer news off of Usenet and Fidonet. ,