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I still have my Apple IIe and would like to meet others who are interested in maintaining their systems. My computer and its 140K drives still work and I still have my original graphics software that I collaborated on with members of the local user group in Calgary, AB.
Sometimes I wonder :\ why software developers use so much code for simple applications. The answer is, of course, obvious; you need more reins and harnesses to guide all those horses! Today, I can find nearly any software I could ever dream of building. It's all there to be bought or shared. BUT, the simple programming software that I like such as, gwbasic, turtle basic, Dartmouth basic, etc, are not used as much and may not be available anymore in a format that can be run on current machines.
Where I, as a new Apple (Not Macintosh) user in 1983, had been able to write a full blown basic and machine language graphics design and print program by simply reading a "howto" book, most programmers today have to go to college or have really remarkable genes. I strongly suspect that each of you reading this have goodly combinations of both. Good on you :thumbsup: and congratulations to your parents.
Sometimes I wonder :\ why software developers use so much code for simple applications. The answer is, of course, obvious; you need more reins and harnesses to guide all those horses! Today, I can find nearly any software I could ever dream of building. It's all there to be bought or shared. BUT, the simple programming software that I like such as, gwbasic, turtle basic, Dartmouth basic, etc, are not used as much and may not be available anymore in a format that can be run on current machines.
Where I, as a new Apple (Not Macintosh) user in 1983, had been able to write a full blown basic and machine language graphics design and print program by simply reading a "howto" book, most programmers today have to go to college or have really remarkable genes. I strongly suspect that each of you reading this have goodly combinations of both. Good on you :thumbsup: and congratulations to your parents.
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