Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

Matthew,

> Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I

Thanks for the nice words, and I am still here, as are some other long time users...

Speccie

On 2024-04-14 1:37 a.m., TRS-90 wrote:
> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
> forum?
[snip]
> but is anyone even reading?
I still read here, even though there hasn't been much activity lately.

Like John Rzeznik said, I'm still here...

-uso.

On 4/14/2024 1:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
> Golly..
<snip>
is anyone even reading?

I'm still reading.

Charlie

TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> wrote:
> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

I'm still here!
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On 4/14/24 01:37, TRS-90 wrote:
> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

I'm still around too.

Jeff Berntsen wrote:
> On 4/14/24 01:37, TRS-90 wrote:
>> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
>> forum?

> I'm still around too.

Io continuo a leggervi tranquillamente.
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On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
> forum?
While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer
access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat'
Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing
with my fellow Apple II fans.

That said, there are some interesting new Apple II projects out there
that seem never to be discussed here. That surprises me, but what's a
guy to do?

I remain grateful for all our stalwarts here.

Hugh Hood

Greetings. I am still around too. This is my primary source of AppleII
news. I wish I could interface with Slack on this rpi5 but I haven't
discovered a way. Slack is not supported on my old Mac so that is no
longer a viable option. Well,slack is if I want to spend $$$ on a newer
Mac. Keep supporting comp.sys.apple2 groups. I am using Thunderbird on
my rpi5 as a newsgroup reader. --Steve

In article <EMakDMbnEObrBKhlFKcp%matthewmpower@gmail.com>,
TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> wrote:
>but is anyone even reading?

I'm still lurking, FWIW...been here on and off since 1989.

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Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> writes:

> On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
>> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
>> forum?
> While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here, and wondered
> whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer access rather than just to being
> caused by a general lack of 'red meat' Apple II news, this group will remain my primary
> method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.
>
> That said, there are some interesting new Apple II projects out there that seem never to
> be discussed here. That surprises me, but what's a guy to do?
>
> I remain grateful for all our stalwarts here.

The Slack channels have seemed kind of slow lately too, as compared to a
few weeks ago. Maybe it's just a lull in hobby activity?

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Hugh Hood wrote:
> On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
>> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
>> forum?
> While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
> and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer
> access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat'
> Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing
> with my fellow Apple II fans.

Nope and nope. All the intelligent Apple II users went to
https://apple2infinitum.slack.com/

Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.

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D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
> Hugh Hood wrote:
> > On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
> >> Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
> >> forum?
> > While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
> > and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer
> > access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat'
> > Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing
> > with my fellow Apple II fans.

> Nope and nope. All the intelligent Apple II users went to
> https://apple2infinitum.slack.com/

Ew. I don't like Slack. :(
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Hi David,

> Hugh Hood wrote:
>>[...] this group will remain my primary method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.

> [...] Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.

Maybe I'm missing some irony here, but otherwise I think that "rube" isn't
an appropriate name for Hugh. Something like "traditionalist" seems to fit
way better from my POV.

Just my two cents,
Oliver

Thanks Oliver,

But I'm good with 'rube'. Also 'bumpkin', 'hayseed' and other
pejoratives for males in the Southern U.S. ;-)

If the shoe fits, ...

Plus, I *think* David was joking. In any case, I laughed.

Hugh Hood

On 4/21/2024 6:12 AM, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> Hi David,
>
>> Hugh Hood wrote:
>>> [...] this group will remain my primary method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.
>
>> [...] Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.
>
> Maybe I'm missing some irony here, but otherwise I think that "rube" isn't
> an appropriate name for Hugh. Something like "traditionalist" seems to fit
> way better from my POV.
>
> Just my two cents,
> Oliver
>
>
>

On 4/21/24 1:08 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:
> Thanks Oliver,
>
> But I'm good with 'rube'. Also 'bumpkin', 'hayseed' and other
> pejoratives for males in the Southern U.S. ;-)
>
> If the shoe fits, ...
>
> Plus, I *think* David was joking. In any case, I laughed.

I prefer csa2 for more "permanent" things; slack is kind of immediate,
and that's fun for real-time interaction. But for conversations that
can be/need to be more durable, this is the place.

- David

Still Here. 73 ve3myz james

Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
> On 4/14/2024 1:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
>> Golly..
> <snip>
> is anyone even reading?
>
> I'm still reading.
>
> Charlie
>
>

Likewise… ;-)

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