On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I didn't use an Apple with or without an 8" disk subsystem, but no one
> I know who did useful work on an Apple][ back in '79-'85, after which
> the Apple][ was pretty irrelevant, relied on the 5-1.4"diskettes. I
No one you know? What about the THOUSANDS of companies that DID do useful
work and marketed the fruits of their effort in the form of TENS OF
THOUSANDS of software products for the Apple ][ across nearly 20 years of
useful market life?
The world is not limited to the feeble realm of your myopia. Stuff does
go on outside your door. You're just such an arrogant know-it-all that
you can't imagine anyone else being right if you don't have personal
knowledge of what's being discussed. And that leaves a whole hell of a
lot that you know nothing about, but which you constantly try to fool
people into thinking you do.
I could call you a jackass but...screw it, you're a jackass.
> did use a 6502-based system with 8" drives that ran an OS that also
> was used on the Apple.
Congratulations.
> I owned a number of Apple][ boxes for the simple reason that I could
> get the job (programming EPROMs) done more cheaply with several
> Apple]['s that I could sell off later after the 1600 EPROMs were done.
> In the interim, I got significant discount on CP/M software from the
> dealer where some of the Apple hardware (much of it was used stuff)
> had been acquired. The software, for the most part, didn't care which
> system was the platform.
Great.
> I personally have no interest in a Lobo controller for the simple
> reason that I don't have APEX drivers for the Lobo card, while I do
> have support for the SVA controller. I'm told the Lobo was a useable
> controller like the SVA and others.
Wonderful.
> My guess would be that this setup would probably be as reliable as an
> Apple system of any sort could be.
You "guess"? So in other words, you continue to make assumptions about
hardware you know nothing about?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sun Nov 11 2001 - 11:02:22 GMT