[rescue] Whee!  Time to relearn 6502 assembly

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Fri Aug 11 07:42:19 CDT 2006


>From: wa2egp at att.net
>Date: 2006/08/11 Fri AM 01:25:03 CDT
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] Whee!  Time to relearn 6502 assembly

> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
>> We just rescued an Apple II and an Apple IIe, complete with a 10"-or-so
>> Sanyo monitor and a pair of Shugart full-height 5.25" floppy drives.
>> Oh, the technology!  The speed!  The whirring and clunking noises!
>> 
>> I have no idea how much memory either machine has.  Time to see if I can
>> teach the kids some REAL computing basics.  Muahahahahaha!
>
>I still use an Apple 2c to demo some concepts in chemistry because I haven't
>found software as easy to use (or find software) in th PC world.  Also fun
>to show a 64K machine, no hard drive and 5.25" floppies will do the
>graphics that it can do.

Except for the 5 1/4" floppy drives, it sounds like you are describing my cell phone! ;^)

Lionel



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