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Second Life on ancient Apple

Impossibly geeky bugger streams Second Life through an Apple IIc.

[Sci-fi trivia note: Legend has it that an ad on a bus stop for the Apple IIc was one of William Gibson's inspirations for the "cyberdecks" in his Sprawl novels. So it's rather fitting to see a virtual world through its lens, however hopelessly pixelated.]

Second Life on an Apple II [via]

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Apr 15, 2008 11:00 AM
Computers, Retro | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Posted by: Tubby on April 15, 2008 at 12:05 PM

Cludgy KVM

so the apple is not actually running the program. it is just emulating a KVM.

Posted by: thesamurai1200 on April 18, 2008 at 12:12 AM

i cant think of any better way id want to spend my time.

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