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I WAS the One · Jun 5, 2006, 05:11 AM

1977 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale...

I never knew one. but it's part of our history. do you ever worked on that machine?

PurpleGiant · Jun 5, 2006, 05:19 AM

Sure did. Fond memories of Sandy Word Processor, Multiscribe and Publish-It!

zmcgill · Jun 5, 2006, 07:43 AM

We had them at school. Those were truly some of the best games I've played.

d4nth3m4n · Jun 5, 2006, 09:54 AM

so you're telling me the FIRST personal computer was called the apple II (TWO?)

still, 29 years, impressive.

oh, is that because the apple 1 was really just a kit? i had an apple II it kicked ass for lemonade stand. (i was born in 1980, never really knew how to stretch its legs until after we got rid of it and got an se/30)

TETENAL · Jun 5, 2006, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

I never knew one. but it's part of our history. do you ever worked on that machine?

Yes, we had them at school. I thought it sucked and back then I thought Apple sucks. Sort of disproves the theory that an Apple in education makes people want to have that system later on in their life. The opposite was true for me. I never looked at Apple ever since then until they switched to PowerPC which caught my attention again.

zmcgill · Jun 5, 2006, 10:43 AM

Everyone at my school hated Apples. Our sysadmin was not the brightest, and all the units crashed frequently, people screwed stuff up and installed crap all over. The Rev A-C iMac's paperclip-activated restart button was quite annoying, and the lab monitor had to keep several paperclips handy as they were used quite often. Then she put on this "Foolproof" security software which made it impossible to do nearly anything. (Of course, me breaking through that software got me kicked off the computers for a couple years.

Last year a few students were trying to make a movie in iMovie but the computer kept messing up and ruining their stuff. Finally one of the guys took them all home and let them use his new iMac G5 and they couldn't believe how fast, stable, and nice it was. Improperly maintained, even a collection of Mac will turn to crap (although OS 8.6/9 made it easier back then).

Back on topic, I remember that outside the //e lab there was a lab of Classics that we all thought were amazing, what with their Mario Teaches Typing and Hypercard. Quite the memories.

Person Man · Jun 5, 2006, 10:54 AM

When I was 9, my uncle bought us an Apple //c, and then he got me an Apple IIgs in 1987 when I was 12.

I used the IIgs all through college until 1996, when I got a Power Macintosh 7600/120.

The IIgs still sits in my room at home, and I use it for games now and then.

Fun memories.

tooki · Jun 5, 2006, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

1977 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale...

I never knew one. but it's part of our history. do you ever worked on that machine?

You might wanna read up on computer history, dude. The Apple II (two!) was not only not Apple's first machine (the Apple I), but it wasn't the first personal computer sold. That honor goes to the MITS Altair 8800.

The Apple II was, though, by far the most successful early personal computer.

tooki

the macimum · Jun 5, 2006, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by tooki

You might wanna read up on computer history, dude. The Apple II (two!) was not only not Apple's first machine (the Apple I), but it wasn't the first personal computer sold. That honor goes to the MITS Altair 8800.

The Apple II was, though, by far the most successful early personal computer.

tooki

Bravo. Wikipedia?

d4nth3m4n · Jun 5, 2006, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by me

so you're telling me the FIRST personal computer was called the apple II (TWO?)

still, 29 years, impressive.

Originally Posted by tooki

You might wanna read up on computer history, dude. The Apple II (two!) was not only not Apple's first machine (the Apple I), but it wasn't the first personal computer sold. That honor goes to the MITS Altair 8800.

The Apple II was, though, by far the most successful early personal computer.

tooki

um, b10 oh eccentric one.

olePigeon · Jun 5, 2006, 12:22 PM

I had a pimp Apple //e:

128K Memory card
3x Serial Cards (Printer, Mouse, & 300 baud modem)
80 Column Card
BASIC Co-Processor & assembler
Color CRT
Joystick

The only thing I didn't have on it was a Midi sound card.

Some of my favorite games (some of them still my favorite games):

Ultima III, IV, V
AutoDuel
2400 A.D.
The Bard's Tale I, II, III
Impossible Mission (it really was impossible due to a game glitch.

)
Montezuma's Revenge
Biostode (sp? The one with the gladiators on flying discs, cut off limbs with axes and stuff)
RescueRaiders (aka Armor Alley)
LodeRunner
Conan

I'm sure I could think of some more. I never had Oregon Trail, but I played it all the time at school on the IIgs there.

Person Man · Jun 5, 2006, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I had a pimp Apple //e:

128K Memory card
3x Serial Cards (Printer, Mouse, & 300 baud modem)
80 Column Card
BASIC Co-Processor & assembler
Color CRT
Joystick

The only thing I didn't have on it was a Midi sound card.

Some of my favorite games (some of them still my favorite games):

Ultima III, IV, V
AutoDuel
2400 A.D.
The Bard's Tale I, II, III
Impossible Mission (it really was impossible due to a game glitch.

)
Montezuma's Revenge
Biostode (sp? The one with the gladiators on flying discs, cut off limbs with axes and stuff)
RescueRaiders (aka Armor Alley)
LodeRunner
Conan

I'm sure I could think of some more. I never had Oregon Trail, but I played it all the time at school on the IIgs there.

You can still play those games with an Apple II emulator like Virtual ][, which is a kickass emulator for the Mac.

olePigeon · Jun 5, 2006, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Person Man

You can still play those games with an Apple II emulator like Virtual ][, which is a kickass emulator for the Mac.

Yep, and I do.

That's why they were/are my favorite games.

I break out Ultima III, IV, or V occasionally to see how fast I can beat them.

Oops, I forgot Karateka. Another leet game.

PurpleGiant · 10:31 PM

[removed oversize pic of Apple II emulator. --tooki]

tooki · 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by the macimum

Bravo. Wikipedia?

Wherever you want. This is all fresh in my mind, since I just did a 15-page final project on the subject. I read old-fashioned books.

tooki

zmcgill · Jun 5, 2006, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

Wherever you want. This is all fresh in my mind, since I just did a 15-page final project on the subject. I read old-fashioned books.

tooki

bo-oks? Okay, I'm completely lost.

waxcrash · Jun 5, 2006, 08:09 PM

Besides programing low res graphics - HLIN, VLIN, PLOT, etc.

I liked playing:

One-on-One
King's Quest
Dazzle Draw
Lode Runner
Tapper
Captain Goodnight
Sargon II
Super Zaxxon
Sky Fox
Archon
Ultima III
Oil Barons

shunt · Jun 5, 2006, 10:28 PM

Apple //c was first, hated it....all in ones in college, not too shabby did a few papers on them. (can't remember the model)...

...then one day on my way to the computer lab, I passed the sultry farmgirl selling beets. Yes the campus had farm-fresh vegetable stand for rent OK? Then, ....aw hell.

olePigeon · Jun 6, 2006, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

I liked playing:

Lode Runner
Tapper
Sargon II
Super Zaxxon

Ooh. Add those onto my list too.

Also:

Wavy Navy
Maze Craze Construction Set
Pinball Construction Set

Person Man · Jun 6, 2006, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Ooh. Add those onto my list too.

Also:

Wavy Navy
Maze Craze Construction Set
Pinball Construction Set

You already had Lode Runner on your list.

I loved Wavy Navy

I also liked: H.E.R.O., Mario Brothers, and Dung Beetles.