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Apple IIGS Forever!

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When did you get your first Mac?
1990 - Apple IIGS (not a Mac). My first Mac is an LC575 which was bought a few years later.
How many Macs do you own?
Color Classic, eMac, iMac (snow), 2 iMac G4, 2 iMac G3s, MacBook Air, 3 MacBook Pros, 5 iBook G3s, PowerBook G3, PowerMac 7200, Apple IIe and 4 Apple IIGS!
What is your website?
http://facebook.com/thyechean
What's your favorite Mac of all time?
 Apple IIGS (not a Mac)
How did you hear about RetroMacCast?
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Welcome to the Apple IIGS Generation!

Hi, I am Thye Chean, and I am an Apple IIGS user and programmer. I have owned every version of Apple II except for Apple //c+ and the platimum Apple //e (with numeric keypad).

My favourite computer of all time is the Apple IIGS.

I operate the site Virtual GS (http://virtualgs.larwe.com) that teaches kids PASCAL and BASIC programming using Apple IIGS emulation. I also operate a mobile software site of the same name (http://virtual-gs.appspot.com) which we do kids and retro software for mobile devices.

This page shows our love for the Apple IIGS and other Macs in this family - you are welcome to check out the photo albums and videos.

You can contact me at thyechean @ gmail . com.

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Woz story on UCSD Pascal P-System

Woz told me a story in email: "Apple at one point turned down the Pascal P-System. That very evening Bill Atkinson and myself hopped on a plane at our own expense and flew down to UCSD, where the P-System had been developed. We stayed with developers in their lab that whole night and incorporated Apple II disk routines and graphics routines. We brought it back and showed how useful and good this Pascal system was and Apple changed its mind."

Posted on August 26, 2013 at 9:25am

iOS Programming for Apple IIGS developers

 

This is the follow up to the original 2009 article iPhone Programming for Apple IIGS developers, that taught iPhone development using web technologies. My son Lim Ding Wen ported his Apple…

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Posted on May 25, 2011 at 6:00pm

Doodle Kids for iPad

The iPhone version of the Apple IIGS application Doodle Kids is now available for iPad!…

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Posted on May 14, 2010 at 9:18pm — 1 Comment

The Apple IIGS Show

We started a little project for our beloved Apple IIGS - which we called

The Apple IIGS Show. This is a series of short video showing kids using the Apple IIGS computer. Each video will show some of the best software that a kid can do on the computer. We will also show how to do programming on an Apple IIGS. This show is hosted

Ding Wen, with the help of his… Continue

Posted on May 13, 2009 at 2:30am

Space War is Apple iPhone featured web app!

Space War is this week Apple iPhone featured web app! Space War for iPhone is ported from the Apple II game Infiltrator and is initially

co-written by me and my son

Lim Ding Wen for the Android phones. It is later ported to iPhone and Java ME phones.

Space War can run as… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2009 at 11:00pm

Comment Wall (111 comments)

At 11:21am on February 22, 2008, James said…
Welcome! I love what you've done with your IIGS website.
At 11:24am on February 22, 2008, Lim Thye Chean said…
Thanks! I am still looking for an Apple IIGS for my son though... it is hard to collect old computers in Singapore.
At 12:48am on February 23, 2008, Ken said…
Neat photos!
At 2:01am on February 23, 2008, Lim Thye Chean said…
Thanks! These are the photos of my 3 kids. Ding Wen, my eldest (8 years old), is already an Apple IIGS programmer. His program and source codes are available in Virtual GS web site.
At 2:54am on February 23, 2008, Kathryn said…
Hello Lim Thye Chean, Welcome. I am not sure if you name is said with the family name first or last. Is Chean your first name or Lim? I looked at your site, and it's very interesting. I might try this myself. I always wanted to learn programing.
At 3:03am on February 23, 2008, Kathryn said…
I would look on eBay, of course, and Craig's List in your area, but eBay would be the best place. Low End Mac has a list of re-sellers that deal in older Macs, that might be a good place to start looking. Oh yeah, there is a listing on Google groups that I joined called 'LEM' at this website:
http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html
I found this from a link at the Low End Mac website. They have private sellers, and buyers that offer what they want to sell or are looking to buy. Or try this link below.
http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml

Let me know if I can help.
At 8:45am on February 23, 2008, Lim Thye Chean said…
Hi Kathryn, my surname is Lim. eBay in Singapore don't have any classic computers for sale, and others are primary US centric...

The site "Virtual GS" is designed for my 8 years old son - he is now a pretty good Pascal programmer, enough to write a game! Of course it will help any > 8 years old to learn program... :)
At 5:48pm on February 23, 2008, Wholly Mindless said…
I've loved your site and goofed around a good amount there. Nice work!
At 7:58pm on February 23, 2008, Lim Thye Chean said…
Thanks Wholly!
At 11:18pm on February 23, 2008, Wholly Mindless said…
Those are the cutest darn kids!

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