Apple ][e software?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Thu Jun 19 14:25:23 1997

On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Bill Girnius wrote:

> You do need the system disks in order to make copies of disks.

No you don't. You need any copy program, of which there were hundreds
written for the Apple ][. Locksmith 5.0 and above had the fastest disk
copier program, plus it could copy "copy-protected" disks. So could Copy
][ Plus. Those were the two most popular. COPYA, which is the disk copy
program on the system disk, is a farce compared to these programs. Sure
it does the job, but if you can find either Locksmith or Copy ][ Plus,
that's the better choice, along with the other hundreds of disk copy
programs put out (I wrote several myself).

>
> ----------
> > From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> > Subject: Re: Apple ][e software?
> > Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 8:50 PM
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings:
> > >
> > > I just picked up an Apple ][e, monitor, disk drives, the whole works...
> > > even a mouse! But, I am wondering if someone out there might be able to
> > > sell me a copy of the Disk Operating System disks and maybe one or two
> > > (more?...) game disks?
> > >
> > > Please get in touch with me at the below address, e-mail, or phoen
> number,
> > > if you might have something like that which I could use to get the
> system
> > > going.
> >
> > Cord, forget about the system disks. You don't actually need them. The
> > Apple was the kind of computer where you could use it with or without
> > disks, although having software made it more useful. Each disk for the
> > apple is self-contained and has whatever DOS it needs to run it. Your
> > main concern right now is to get software for it, whatever that may be -
> > games, utilities, productivity, etc. Find the apple users group near you
>
> > (if there is one) or go to comp.sys.apple where you will find a ton of
> > information on how and where to obtain apple software. Its not hard to
> > find, there were literally tens of thousands of titles published for the
> > Apple ][. If you've never had an Apple before, you want to go out and
> > start collecting ssome of the games released for it, as there are some
> > fun titles. But as far as system disks, if you want to round out your
> > collection, then I guess you would want an original copy just to say you
> > have them, but every Apple I ever got was second-hand, and I already had
> > software from the previous apple I was upgrading from, and having the
> > original system disks was a moot point, as there were so many other more
> > useful disks to have.
> >
> > Sam
> >
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>


Sam
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