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A Strange Connection

I got to thinking today about something I did the other day.  When I created the simple startup program for my /PRODOSWRITER disk, I wrote the original version on my laptop using  AppleWin.  When it was done I used ZLink

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Simple Startup, Part 1A

While working on yesterdays program and post I found a need to include a listing.  This brings up two problems. My printer is among the missing, as I moved a few years ago and it got separated from my Apple

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Simple Startup, Part 1

When using my /PRODOSWRITER disk, I found it a little tedious to startup either AppleWorks or the System Utilities programs.  The path to start them is twenty one characters long.  This is not much but in this day and age

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Using a Mini Harddrive

If you have a 800K 3 1/2″ disk drive on your Apple II, you have a mini harddrive.  The Apple II is best known for  140K 5 1/4″ diskette drives, although it could be used without one by using a cassette tape

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Emulation and Age

As I get older, the eyes aren’t what they used to be.  Can you say trifocals?  I can still drive without them, but its easier to wear them on long drives. My Apple //c has a 9″ monitor, which by

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Apple II Emulation

My Apple //c is set up on a tv tray next to my desk with the external drives sitting on the file cabinet next to it.  This is convenient if I am at my desk. If I am not at

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