Subj : Apple //e w0rld
To   : paulie420
From : Roon
Date : Sat Jun 24 2023 21:25:54

Hello paulie420,

24 Jun 23 07:42, you wrote to esc:

 es>  pa>> My ears always perk for any retro machines - I'm heavy right
 es>  pa>> now, jus having jumped into Apple... BUT, I'll ask what it
 es>  pa>> took you to get to that point with yer STFM?
 es>>
 es>> I'm the same, I go through phases lol. In fact I'm reconsidering
 es>> offering this up as talking about it has made me interested to
 es>> play with it again :P

 p> Exactly - aside from necessity or some extreme issue in life, I don't
 p> think I'll sell any of my retro machines... too many stories of ppl
 p> wishing they hadn't.

 p> I like to do 'stupid' stuff, like I write down common commands and
 p> keep a set of software backup up - with instructions on how to use it.
 p> Ever walked away from a retro and come back a year later and
 p> completely (or mostly) forget how to operate it? I have...

 p> Another thing I do, but can be expensive... I have two super large
 p> Pelican cases; I removed the foam from one, and got a new set - it
 p> contains the entirety of my C=128 collection, with aforementioned
 p> documentation/software. Its a case containing an entire C= collection.
 p> Awesome.

 es>> Alas sorry I must withdraw my previous offer as while writing
 es>> this out I have decided to rethink dumping it in favor of
 es>> finishing the 030 mod :P Maybe once that's done I'll feel more
 es>> inclined to part with it.

 p> LOL - I wasn't even 'serious', just wondered what you got into it
 p> for... in my C=128, I'm prolly all in for $750 - but, I bought it
 p> fully refurbished and complete... and added a few aftermarket
 p> solutions for it; SD2IEC, WiFi Modem, JiffyDOS ROMs, Fastloader...

why don't you start a C= / Apple BBS on real hw? :)
for example 128 fOr beeRS :)

Regards,
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