Hi, We are rebuilding a typing game for Macs.
It is http://www.vipbc.org/ Thanks, Alex, On 21-Apr-09, at 9:52 PM, Jason Custer wrote: > > Well, When I was using an apple II e, it was in the 80's. The ibm was > new in my school, but not accessible. The screen reader freedom > something was developed in the late 80s early 90's to work with > dectalk, an external serial synth at that time, but the screen reader > had no review mode, it sstank, especially for me knowing what my > little apple could do, but mac's accessibility was non-existent for > me, so when I eventually had to upgrade, it was to a pc with ASAP, the > demo version, and an ISA doubletalk. > I remember my high school was throwing out a 10 MB hard disk for apple > II e, I hadn't known apple II e computers could use a hard drive. It > was fun messing with that bad boy! I also got a kick out of using the > internal modem to connect to a bbs. Anybody remember bbs's? > Eventually, I used a Braille 'N Speak and an external modem. > > I never had a spell checker for bex, but I remember the "good timing" > portion of apple, I used to switch things up sometimes with another > program. > hmm, it's amazing how much of this stuff I remember, but if I sat down > in front of the machine now, it would be difficult to remember much > I'm sure. One thing I miss though is the typing game. As an > instructor, I could sure use that now. > Jason Custer > . > > On Apr 21, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> wow. I don't remember any of this stuff but it sure is interesting >> reading about it!! it seems strange t think that so many f ya'll were >> using apple computers back in the day in college. were pc's >> completely >> inaccessible then or were you all just mac enthusiasts from the >> beginning? >> peace and positivity >> Jessi >> follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >> On 21-Apr-09, at 6:37 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: >> >>> >>> Jessie Casum. I had such a crush on Jessie Casun or whatever he >>> name >>> was. I talked to her once when I was asking a question about >>> Bex. I >>> used Bex all the way through college to do my papers. Either Bex or >>> Prowords, but more often Bex. I had a spell checker for it, even, >>> but >>> it never worked right. It came on double-sided disks and if you had >>> good timing, you could pull out the disk at one point and flip it >>> over >>> and shortcut some of the menus to get to the Bex main menu. >>> >>> Mark BurningHawk >>> >>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>> My home page: >>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
