Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Obsolete //c ? Message-ID: <8910042034.aa03315@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 5 Oct 89 01:19:50 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 43 On Tue, 3 Oct 89 18:32:11 GMT you said: >My son just went off to college, with his beloved //c in hand, and >the first call I received was a sorrowful, "My computer is obsolete!". >He had purchased a 1200 baud modem, only to discover that his >machine, which has done everything he's needed to date (word process, >pascal, c), cannot intelligently converse with the machines on >the UCSD campus, because of an outdated motherboard! VERY outdated!! Once-upon-a-time Apple dealers replaced those motherboards for nothing (as long as you furnished proof that you owned a non-Apple brand 1200 baud modem). Computer Resources in Wethersfield, CT still replaces them (for customers at least). That doesn't do much for your situation, but 1) try contacting the dealer that sold the //c in the first place (I believe they can still get full credit from Apple for the board swap), or 2) have your son contact Apple dealers in San Diego (and hope he can find one interested in building 'goodwill'). Even if you have to pay for the motherboard swap it should be SUBSTANTIALLY less than a new //c (the last time one of my friends fried a //c motherboard, the charge was $90 -- but that was a couple of years ago) to say nothing of a NEW Mac (I'd like a Mac IIci, too :-) Another solution that's obviously less expensive than a NEW ($4,500) computer would be a NEW ($450?) Laser 128EX (faster than the old //c, but able to run all the old software). After your son gets his motherboard updated, tell him to get a copy of Apple 2 Kermit ('cause you'll REALLY like the price of that ;-) which should 'speak' quite nicely with any host UCSD has. If your son INSISTS on 'PC' Tandy just announced a 6.5lb 'notebook' computer (with 720K 3.5 inch disk drive and built in software) for $999 (built in 2400 baud modem for $200 extra) -- still LOTS cheaper than $4,500 ;-) Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)