Well, Ebay is full of Apples, including IIEs. So it might be worth investigating. If you mean the golf game by Jim Kitchen, that's still available at his site, along with several other cool DOS games and even cooler utilities! Thank The Gods that someone's enlightened enough to not delete his DOS things from the net...
On 9/2/10, ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Maria, > > I remember the old dos games too. One time I played the talking golf game > and that was really neat. Wish I could see an old Apple II E again. > > Rosemarie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > Ah yes, how well I remember the good old days of the Texas Instruments > TI-99/4A and the cartridges and cassettes that ran it. > Then came the highly advanced Apple II/E, with good old Echo speech and > WordTalk. > I sure did enjoy some of the DOS games, like Destination Mars, on my > Windows95 PC. > I wish I could remember what I payed for JAWS1. > > > Sunny Day > Maria Campbell > [email protected] > > When the power of love > is stronger than the love of power > then the world will know peace. > > > On 9/1/2010 11:57 PM, ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA wrote: >> Hi, David and Kim, >> >> I also took a computer class in the mid 80's and learned the Apple II E >> which also had two floppy disks. I remember when the two drives were side > by >> side instead of up and down like they are now. I learned a program called >> word talk. I wish they still had those computers. >> >> Rosemarie >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin >> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >> >> That's the program I first learned on and there is still a vert package >> laying around here in the other room. >> David Ferrin >> [email protected] >> I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one > up >> too. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kim Kelly"<[email protected]> >> To:<[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >> >> >> I remember taking a computer class in the mid 80s, and we used a huge >> computer and two floppy disks and we used a speech program called "Vert >> Plus". >> Has anyone heard of that speech synthesizer? I thought that class was so >> fascinating. >> >> Learning Doss and all of those commands. >> What memories. >> >> >> >> Kim Kelly >> >> Clarkston Washington >> >> Email and facebook: >> [email protected] >> >> Alternative E-mail: >> >> [email protected] >> >> skype: >> >> kblinky971 >> >> >> Visit my website >> http://www.samobile.net/users/kimk59/ >> >> Keep on smiling and everyone will wonder what you've been up too. >> author unknown >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lenny McHugh"<[email protected]> >> To:<[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >> >> >>> Well, my first PC type computer was Maryland Computer Systems ITS, >>> information through speech. I then upgraded to total talk PC again by > Dean >>> Blazie. >>> Then at home Karen won an 8088 Packard Bell xt computer. With that system >>> I used jaws for dos. I believe that in the mid 1980s is when I purchased >>> jaws for windows 1 for windows 3.0. At that time I hated windows and > still >>> am not a fan of PCs. Give me my old big mainframes. B5500, B6700 then > into >>> the larger IBM mainframes. The first computer that I worked on was an RCA >>> spectra 70 and the IBM 1401. >>> On these systems I had to write my own read /write macros and multiply > and >>> divide routines. That was a lot of fun. >>> For the ITS, it was the world's first talking computer linked to an IBM >>> mainframe. When it was linked a news release was sent out through AP. I >>> started receiving calls from all around the world inquiring about it. >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "heather kd5cbl"<[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:07 PM >>> To:<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >>> >>>> One of my favorite system is weird! It was a 280 or 480 something back >>>> in the 80s. We had to use vex. I remember that we thought it was the >>>> coolest thing. That was when you had two floppy drives and about 2 or >>>> three buttons to turn the computer on. That thing is still probley >>>> working today! I remember we took the computer apart in school to see >>>> how the components worked. Remember that is when it took two folks to >>>> carry it or maybe it is because we were so little. I just remember >>>> playing that typing game where you hit a key before the ghost gets you. >>>> And I remember all the commands just to make the computer function. You >>>> had to do it in the exact order or you had to do it all over again. I >>>> remember having to type "win" inter to make the windows come up. I >>>> remember that if you wanted to spell check something, you had to put >>>> another flopp disk in that had the dictionary or part of it to get the >>>> correct word. I liked my old dos based commands. I was real >>>> disappointed when you did not have the direct access to windows root >>>> comands. I mean you can still have access but, dos was just so much > more >>>> efficient. Heather >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
