Caution: Singularity Ahead [DEFUNCT]

See on the USENET: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/1e8a4cb0e695a3d8/21c7622215a37780?hl=en#21c7622215a37780 David Schmenk has written a raycasting demo - think Wolfenstein 3D - done on the Apple II using low-rez graphics. Seems to run at over 20Hz. Works great in an emulator. Awesomeness! Rich, a frequent contributor to the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroups, has already written a level and texture editor: http://rich12345.tripod.com/loresthreed/index.html

Several years ago, Susan was employed at a local Montessori school and was setting up the classroom for the Grade 1 students. One of her ideas was to get some computers in - not to play edutainment titles, but as tools. We found a second hand computer store that had a bunch of old Macintosh SE's for cheap ($10 each, as-is) so we bought several and cobbled together a network. We kept one machine for personal use - just in case... When shopping for a new sofa a few months ago, we stopped into a new store in downtown Bellevue which had a nice play area for kids with bean bags, XBoxen and a few eMacs. It was Caspian's first time using a mouse (Su's computer has a touchscreen), and he picked it up very quickly. He played a simple kid's title and I realized he was ready for his own box. So, on a trip to our storage container, I dug out the old Mac SE. (Aside: Cartoon Network was just finding its stride when Su was setting up the classroom, so the Macs ended up with names li...