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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think it was either aliens or space
invaders. YOu listened to tones of the monster moving and you had to blast
him when he got close, it used the echo synthesizer.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ratguy@bellsouth.net href="mailto:ratguy@bellsouth.net">Jayson
Smith</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=blindapple@jaybird.no-ip.info
href="mailto:blindapple@jaybird.no-ip.info">Blind Apple Discussions</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:02
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Blindapple]
introduction</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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> Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:18
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Blindapple]
introduction</DIV>
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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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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ratguy@bellsouth.net href="mailto:ratguy@bellsouth.net">Jayson
Smith</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 11:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Blindapple]
introduction</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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
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
href="mailto:blindapple@jaybird.no-ip.info">blindapple@jaybird.no-ip.info</A>
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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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