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Title: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: airsoftmodels on September 26, 2014, 07:25:27 pm
I picked up a Platinum Apple IIe with numeric keypad circa 1986 yesterday in Simi Valley.
Hooked it up to my Television and it works great.  Now I've got to find some classic Apple II
software to go with it.


(http://vintagecpu.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/appleiie.jpg)


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: Stevefromalbany on September 27, 2014, 12:42:20 am
thats the nice ones i have the old one its ok but the platnium is the best used them in school played a lot of organ trail we had them all the way up to high school when i graduated in 2004 the school wouldnt spend the money for new ones for are class cuse we where in special ed school sucked!!! i want to find more mecc software the only mecc stuff i have is orgen trail and number munchers the rest is crap software well maybe not all of it is crap


Title: Re: Re: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: Tighe on September 28, 2014, 11:58:31 am
I picked up a Platinum Apple IIe with numeric keypad circa 1986 yesterday in Simi Valley.
Hooked it up to my Television and it works great.  Now I've got to find some classic Apple II
software to go with it.


(http://vintagecpu.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/appleiie.jpg)
There are tons of great games for the ][e and //c my brother has a //c I used to play all the time when I was a kid.


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: lesoleil70 on September 30, 2014, 04:24:38 pm
Ultima !


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: strassy on October 02, 2014, 07:22:07 am
I always liked Mines of Titan


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: airsoftmodels on October 22, 2014, 06:18:09 pm
Now that I am back into the Apple IIe, I started looking for related podcasts.  I came across 1 MHz http://monsterfeet.com/1mhz/ by Carrington Vanston.  I enjoyed it, but found it too short.  I am used to long podcasts and long YouTube videos thanks to John!  So I kept looking and found Open-Apple podcast http://www.open-apple.net/ hosted by Quinn Dunki and Mike Maginnis.  Here is where it gets strange.  Turns out that Mike Maginnis and Carrington Vanston do a podcast together called No Quarter http://monsterfeet.com/noquarter/.  Its not as entertaining as Arcade Outsiders, but I like to have something to listen to between Tuesdays!  Each show is dedicated to a single arcade game, and I have only listened to the one about Phoenix.  Sorry if this post breaks etiquette by mentioning other peoples podcasts.  I just didn't realize that, like John, so much content gets generated by so few individuals.  If that makes any sense.   


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: BloodyCactus on April 28, 2015, 07:58:59 am
thats a nice clean looking platinum. do you have the CF adapter + mockingboard etc? some nice mods out for these old machines, ram, compact flash, etc.


Title: Re: Platnium Apple IIe 1986
Post by: SanTe on April 28, 2015, 09:10:55 pm
I am used to long podcasts and long YouTube videos thanks to John!

You should try Retrogaming Roundup (http://www.retrogamingroundup.com).  Each episode is six hours, on average.  Some have been over seven.


Title: Re:
Post by: airsoftmodels on July 22, 2015, 02:00:05 pm
update, just sold the IIe to a fellow collector, and bought a 2nd turbografx-16.