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From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A Blast From the Past
Message-ID: <Nov.16.19.28.32.1989.1081@elbereth.rutgers.edu>
Date: 17 Nov 89 00:28:32 GMT
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James,

Yep, the old Apple ][ used to have a 1 Year warranty.  Mine did.  It
seems only the new mac owners are getting screwed because these new
fangled Macintosh computers are so much less reliable than the
original Apple ][. :-)

I believe my brother and I are personally responsible for the change
to a 90 day warranty.  It seems that 90 days is about the length of
time a pair of Apple ][ paddles (pre-joystick) took to wear out from
playing space invaders and alien rain (galaxian).  We wore out 3 or 4
sets during the warranty and our dealer was getting tired of replacing
them for free.

Seymour Joseph

P.S.  The revision 0 Apple ][ I Purchased in 1978 still works. We
had to buy third-party paddles though.... ;-)