rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu (Brewski Rogers) (12/01/89)
Recently, my brother got an Apple 3. Yes, that's right, apple III! Basically, it had been used by our grandfather for his restaurant, but it had outlived (sortof) its usefulness. The thing seems to have 256K of ram, and a whopping huge 5 megabyte hard drive. Basically, he would like to know anything there is to know about this strange beast. Did you ever own or operate one of these ill-fated monstrosities? In the manual for the computer it describes a program that causes it to emulate an apple 2. Unfortunately, that program was not included with the computer... The thing came with a printer card, but it's busted, anyone have a spare? :-) My brother doesn't have net access, but if you send mail to rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu, I'll be sure to forward it to him. He, being a broke college student, would like to use it for word processing and little bit of programming, so any light you can shed on this ancient computer puzzle would be greatly appreciated! ------------------------------------------------------ Quantum _\/_ 2727 Eel Bruce (6502 RULES!) Rogers |\ Duck ( 0 0) Davis, Ca 95616 Quantum Duck Software, |\ \______/ / \\\ 916-756-2684 rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu |\ < < | \/ "It's better to be the real thing than the right thing." \________/ Quark!
fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (12/01/89)
In article <6103@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu (Brewski Rogers) writes: > Recently, my brother got an Apple 3. Yes, that's right, apple III! > 256K of ram, and a whopping huge 5 megabyte hard drive. Basically, he > would like to know anything there is to know about this strange beast. He should read the manuals. :} > Did you ever own or operate one of these ill-fated monstrosities? I used to write manuals about them... Have your brother contact directory assistance for Logan, Utah. Ask them for the number of Sun Remarketing (*not* related to Sun Microsystems at all...or Sun Electric, for that matter). Sun sells and supports Apple///'s, ]['s, Lisa's and old Mac's. They have all the surviving manuals and software and parts and peripherals for the ///. Your brother could even get another /// with monitor and software to keep his current one company for less than $300. ------------ "...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." Plato, _Phaedrus_ 275d