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Re: Best Apple II Diagnostics Programs

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joe.boyle@gmail.com writes:

> On Monday, July 29, 2013 at 7:13:56 AM UTC-7, Bill Buckels wrote:
>> "Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >Dr. Nick Romano still sells the NIKROM diagnostics, and last I heard, was 
>> >unhappy they're on Asimov. <shrug>
>> 
>> Well said young fellah...
>> 
>> I wish that Thomas Fenwick, Jim Goodnow II, and Harry Suckow (the 3 orginal 
>> principals of Aztec C) had archived all their source code, manuals, 
>> utilities and released versions and put them in a vault somewhere.
>> 
>> Instead, when they drifted apart, and later when Harry needed the space 
>> after he closed Manx Software (Aztec C) altogether, it all became somehow 
>> lost forever to us all.
>> 
>> We could debate the evils of capitalism where MicroSoft became a clear 
>> winner in the PC C then C++ compiler market after the eventual decline then 
>> demise of Borland International (now somewhat Embarcadero), and the earlier 
>> decline and demise of other players like George Eberhardt's (Computer 
>> Innovations) C80. (George has boxes of stuff for me but no way to get it to 
>> Canada and needs a friendly US drop-off point). There are many paralells on 
>> the Apple side as well. And much credit goes to the netizens of csa2 for 
>> preserving what is left.
>> 
>> The domination of Microsoft and focused target markets may have seemed ok to 
>> us at the time, but in my mind, products like an MS-DOS based (or Win32 
>> based) cross-compiler for the GS would look pretty good right now to some of 
>> us. I have ORCA C (Had Think C at one point on my IIci.) but I can still 
>> dream about what could have been.
>> 
>> We can't change history of course, but some of us are doing what we can to 
>> prevent history from vanishing, and includes Patrick Kane and the Asimov 
>> team.
>> 
>> I don't know Dr. Romano, nor is it any of my business what he does with his 
>> intellectual property from an earlier era. In my own case, what I do for 
>> these old platforms can be freely used with or without attribution (of 
>> course I would like to be mentioned but at this point who cares! I am not a 
>> millionaire yet at 60 so it is unlikely that I will ever be... and sitting 
>> behind a desk is unhealthy for me now, so the potential for one or two sales 
>> of old stuff will not immortalize me, or provide my family with enough 
>> groceries to hold-back my work from still being used by anyone who has the 
>> desire to do so).
>> 
>> So I will now join you... <shrug>
>> 
>> And commend all others to unselfishly engage in a group shrug...
>> 
>> Having said that, for major works like Ciderpress and AppleWin, I think that 
>> the fellahs who have contributed are brilliant and should enjoy attribution 
>> for their efforts and not have others take credit for their unselfish work 
>> and community service.
>> 
>> Bill
>
> I realize this thread is two years old, but I am hoping to locate
> "Master Diagnostics IIc" as I have a //c exhibiting some ailments and
> am looking for the best tools I can find to troubleshoot.
>
> It's not on asimov anymore and I can't locate it for sale - any leads?
>
> Joe

Perhaps take a look at macgui.com?  That site has a good hoard of
files.

--
Jerry    awanderin at gmail dot com

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Re: Best Apple II Diagnostics Programs joe.boyle@gmail.com - 2015-07-23 18:17 -0700
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