One nice thing about being hooked on vintage computers like the Apple II is most of the books are all old. That sounds like a strange thing to say, but old books are most likely going to save some you money. …
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Pascal
When I was first interested in Pascal for the Apple II, my major concern was probably money. If I remember correctly you had two choices for Pascal; Apple Pascal and Kyan Pascal. Apple Pascal at the time was considerably more…
Kyan Pascal
I decided last night to dig out my copy of Kyan Pascal and play around with it. It has been years since I’ve written anything in Pascal, so I thought I’d start with something that has already been done. I’m…
Spam
This morning I got my third reply that was spam. It wasn’t that bad, I just had to mark it as spam. Yesterday on the otherhand I got one that looked like a legitimate reply but when I went to…
Two Weeks
Its been two weeks and I’ve done thirteen posts. I had a little block, but I figured it out. I was aiming for quantity, but realized I would do better with short concise posts, like good code.
Writers Block?
Yesterday’s post was not really what I was aiming at. I’ve started two posts for today, both were interesting, but required a lot of research, before I go ahead and post them. It turns out, I have a little case of…
Whatcha Got?
I’d kind of like to hear from all of you. What do you have for Apple II equipment? Do you have any unusual equipment or software? When I bought my Apple //c, I got a Scribe printer. This had what…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple IIe Tagged with: 3 1/2" Diskette Drive, Apple //c, Apple IIe, Duodisk, Kensington System Saver, speech synthesizer
Interactive Fiction
One of the projects that I’ve had an interest in is interactive fiction, text adventures. In the past I’ve wanted to find a suitable location for an adventure. I wanted to use a real location, but one that no longer…
Writing on a Schedule and Future Projects.
When I first started this, I’d forgotten how hard it is to write on a schedule. Its been more than thirty years since school and it comes back to me. So, now I have a daily challange to myself. Write…
Apple II Uses
I’d love to hear from others on this post. Just after I graduated from high school, 1981, a friend of a friend had an Apple IIe with the two 5 1/4″ drives stacked up next to it. That was the…
Posted in Apple //c, Programming Tagged with: Apple //c, Applesoft, AppleWorks, Assembler, Flight Simulator, Games, Kyan Pascal, Ultima, ZBasic, Zork
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