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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not familiar with an Apple game called
Aliens. Could you perhaps mean Space Invaders, which was on a talking disk
of other games? If you do, I don't have that game, but I think someone
else does, or might have once been in contact with someone who does. Guys,
I'm talking about that famous Talking Disk with Talking Writer, Typing Game and
the like. I would love to have an image of that disk!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, what people distribute in order to share
software is not ROM images but rather disk images. The Apple used standard
computer disks for its data storage. Those computers used 5.25 inch disks
which stored 140K per side, and later models used 3.5 inch disks which stored
800K per disk. In some instances, the 3.5 disks were split into two 400K
virtual disks by the operating system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ROM images for the Apple computers aren't
software, but rather the actual firmware inside the machine which makes the
machine an Apple computer rather than an expensive paper weight. The
reason people need these ROM images is to be used with Apple emulators.
Some emulators have the ROM images built in, while others require the
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jayson.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jasoncbrown@nctv.com href="mailto:jasoncbrown@nctv.com">Jason
Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:18
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Blindapple]
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>my ex girlfriend told me that probably to
discourage me. I wanted to get a 486 so I could play the old Dick Tracy
game that supported a sound source too which she thought was ridiculous, so
she probably told me apples were to large for my computer table so I wouldn't
try to get one for just aliens. When I was growing up I never saw
the actual machine, just used the keyboard.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ratguy@bellsouth.net href="mailto:ratguy@bellsouth.net">Jayson
Smith</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 25, 2005 11:22
PM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apples are not, in fact, larger than a modern
desktop. Either you misunderstood or whoever told you that didn't know
what they were talking about. Apples do contain more parts, as the CPU
itself contains no disk drives.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Apple IIe is larger than the IIgs.
Part of this is because the IIe case has to support a built-in keyboard,
whereas the IIgs's keyboard is external. The IIc is the smallest
Apple, and the nearest thing to a laptop they ever made in the Apple II
series. With the small size, however, come some disadvantages.
There are no expansion slots, so things like the Echo must connect to serial
ports on the back, of which there are only two.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jayson.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jasoncbrown@nctv.com href="mailto:jasoncbrown@nctv.com">Jason
Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=blindapple@jaybird.no-ip.info
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 25, 2005 4:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Blindapple]
introduction</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hey everyone, i first used an apple in grade
school with an echo synth. My favorite game was I think it was
called aliens, and if any of you has acces to it i'd like to hear a
recording of it again and even have the rom if it exists. I don't
think it would work on an apple emyulator because i doubt
they'll ever emulate the echo, but maybe it can be made to work.
Also, is there a way to make some kind of an apple2 laptop? I've
been told that apples are larger than the desktop computers of today so i
don't have the room to put one in my home for only one game. Thanks
and best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jason.</FONT></DIV>
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