Great article and one I happen to agree with very much. It's both a blessing and a detriment that computer and videogame technology and formats are moving targets. As a blessing we get exposed to new hardware and improvements all the time, as a detriment there is little permanence in what is no longer compatible.

By the way, for Apple II screen captures for my book, I used my favorite emulator-in-a-browser, http://www.virtualapple.org/ , which I'll also be using for the Apple IIGS entry. The great news that if one does own original Apple II series hardware or compatibles, there are a great number of options to get ROMs played on, either directly or transferred on to disks, including Compact Flash Cards and direct PC link. At some point I'll definitely be covering those options for that and many other systems right here on Armchair Arcade. If one doesn't keep up with this stuff (even I find it hard), it's absolutely stunning what's available for nearly every original hardware platform, be it videogame or computer, and even many terribly obscure ones.

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