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Re: Who is still using apple2 in 2026?

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On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 02:47:04 -0000 (UTC), bikliadik2071 <bikliadik2071@gmail.com>
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> I have them, but I haven't used them lately.
> Glad to meet you all here.

I have a few Apple II computers that still work well, but I
mostly use emulators.

I teach computer science in college, and this term, as the
capstone project in a computer architecture course where
students built their own 4-bit computer from 74LS chips,
they are using Merlin to program a lo-res Apple II game in
assembly language. For most of them, it's their first contact
with 8-bit development, and after a crash course in 6502
architecture, I gave them a bunch of manual scans and
told them to get to work!

It's a pleasure seeing them discover assembly programming.
They really enjoy it and some of them are putting long
hours into their program .I'm seeing Minesweeper, Pong,
a text mode Geometry Dash, Space Invaders, Snake, and
more.

No doubt some teams are using AI to get some help but
that's fine, as long as they can explain their program to
the class -- there are orals at the end of the term in a
couple weeks.

Paul Guertin

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Who is still using apple2 in 2026? bikliadik2071 <bikliadik2071@gmail.com> - 2026-02-05 02:47 +0000
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    Re: Who is still using apple2 in 2026? Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2026-02-07 23:33 +0000
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  Re: Who is still using apple2 in 2026? Paul Guertin <paul@guertin.net> - 2026-05-06 23:48 -0400

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