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Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by Ogre »

samstave wrote: post #6

Wow that is damn awesome. Although, no Ultima / Ultima II in the game list :( That was the first game I played on the Apple... (The Bards Tale would be another great one...)

The cassette loading method is going to limit this to games that fit entirely in RAM and never access their disk once loaded. That's going to rule out a lot of games. Obviously anything that needs more than one floppy, but even a lot of games that do fit on one side are still going to want to access the disk they came on.

Nevertheless, awesome!

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by Sherlock »

thought_alarm wrote: post #5
wazoox wrote: post #3

OMG, I'd almost cry of joy. One of the reason I don't use my faithful Apple //c is that it's so cumbersome to swap these floppies... but this is wonderful.

Apple removed the cassette port in the Apple //c. If only they had known then what we know now...

Wow, my dad bought an Apple //c when I was around 4 y.o. and it was kept at home until I was ~8, but I couldn't remember seeing a cassette port. At least I'm at peace now.

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Post by rbanffy »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #8

I've been using the Asimov FTP site, a PC, ProTerm, and a null modem cable / Super Serial Card to achieve this result. This is amazing—so much simpler! My Apple //e sits right next to my laptop on my desk, so for me, this is giving it a whole new lease on life. Here's a picture, just for the hell of it: https://p.twimg.com/AiV8lqjCIAICETx.jpg

I loved those Amdek monitors. Never got one for myself. Now that I am a grownup who can afford such eccentric hobbies, I got myself a pair of http://tulip-house.ddo.jp/digital/SDISK2/english.html and one http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CF...

Worth every penny.

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Post by umjames »

I will be trying this out when I get home tonight! My ][e is as fully functional as it was in the early 80s when I got it.

I'm glad someone remembers these games. I still have a good chunk of these games (some legit copies, others pirated via Copy II+ sector editing). Really glad Bilestoad made the list.

Wish list:

Aztec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_(video_game))

Below the Root (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_the_Root_(video_game))

Championship Load Runner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Lode_Runner)

Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear

Conan: Hall of Volta

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by tlack »

From the domain name, is it safe for me to eagerly await a port of an Ascii Express software to Linux so we can once again enjoy the pleasures of extremely low tech but completely anonymous communication, via telnet this time instead of 1200 baud modems?

Plus I desperately miss ASCII art..

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by aw3c2 »

Dad? I need our german Apple ][ clone from the attic right now! Remember when earlier today (seriously, we did, what a coincedence!) we talked about how in the German Democratic Republic they had programming lectures on the radio and were transferring the code over the air like this? Well, someone made a website where you can play the sounds of some games like that.
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