Comments on: [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Brent

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:34:34 +0000

My first time using an Apple II (II+ actually) was at my aunt and uncle's house in Eagan, Minnesota sometime around 1981. My aunt was the vice-pres. of a software company called RHY Enterprises (RHY was for Robert H. Young) out of Canada and had bought the II+ for work use. A few years later it was passed on to my brother and I.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Eric

Mon, 04 May 2009 06:12:04 +0000

Almost surely some sort of computer lab/class in preschool, wherein we were taught basic arithmetic with simple animated graphics by some sort of MECC software. If it had possibly been any earlier, MAYBE at a family friend's house. Probably MECC arithmetic in preschool, though.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: mnky9800n

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:10:50 +0000

Also, I will be in Oak Ridge this Friday, to tour the national laboratory there.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: mnky9800n

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:09:29 +0000

We had a Apple ][ computer lab in elementary school. It was on some sort of serialized network if I remember correctly. I remember figuring out how to access it and then discovering that there was a whole host of games that no one knew about. I played those for hours. Then there was a Mac Lab in middle school with Dinosaur Tycoon. I had forgotten about word muncher and number muncher. There was also a typing game where blimps would go across the screen and you would have to type what was written on them and they would blow up.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Nicola

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:21:08 +0000

Oh yes, we played Word Muncher at school too! I had forgotten all about that game until SirPaul484 mentioned it above. We had one Apple ][ computer per school year in the library so we didn't get to play very much. I wonder what ever happened to those old keyboards… I sure would love to get my hands on one now.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Geoff V.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:27:24 +0000

Did any of you guys play Gato, the original Flight Sim or Captin Power?

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Sirpaul484

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:28:15 +0000

My first Apple ][ experience was also in grade school, when I was about 3. I pretty much played Word Munchers, even though I did not know the rules and just muched everything in sight.

Also, JackSoar, the game you are thinking of is Odell Lake. It was another good game.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Darren

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:34:28 +0000

My first computing experience was with an Apple ][ in 1982 when I was 7.

Our local public library used their activity room to host a series of BASIC programming tutorials. This was before the //e, so they had mostly Apple ][+'s and a few plain old Apple ]['s. I remember being able to tell that the ][+ was better than the ][, but I can't imagine how or why.

I grew up to be a programmer, or course. It all started in that library's activity room in 1982 and I still have rather vivid memories of the experience. The library is still around, and for the longest time (well into my 20s) I could visit the library, stick my head in that room, and be flooded with memories of those early times on the Apple ][.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: JackSoar

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:16:19 +0000

Like a lot of other people, my first Apple II experience was in elementary school. We used to use them for games during indoor recess when the weather was bad. Oregon Trail was a big hit, and there were some math games we used to play as well, like Number Crunchers. As I recall, I spent most of my time playing some game where you played as a fish, but you always had to be careful of some albatross that was swooping down or something. I have forgotten the title.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Newspaper Ad by: Geoff

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:51:10 +0000

My first memory of the ][ was my dad bringing it home from the PX on base in CA. My brother and I were not allowed to use it for a solid month after he brought it home.

Oak Ridge, TN? I'll be there next week for work.