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Subject: Re: Woz giveth, Scully taketh away
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Date: 1 Oct 90 16:11:35 GMT
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In article <6397@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao) writes:
>
> Boy, we are the pitifulest computer users ever
>made.  bitchbitchbitchbitchbitch, whinewhinewhine
>whine whine.  Sorta like pulling the cord on a
>garbage pail kid.
> 
>the typical home market doesn't need a $4000
>computer, unix, or 1024x1024 graphics.  All I wanna
>do is do a bit of word processing and appleworks
>fits that bill just dandy.  See some graphic pics,
>platinum paint / emerald vision / etc will be fine.
>Hear some nice computer music; thanks soundsmith &
>synthlab.  heck, throw in hypercard GS & hyperstudio
>for god knows what.  And of course play a few games
>every now and then.  You guys are power users (hell,
>anyone who wades through all these msgs must be!)

   No, we're just desperate for good news.

>and need to get ahold of cheap crays.
> 
>now that i've inflamed everyone; is there JUST a
>comp.sys.apple2tech?  Thats what I'm looking for.
>No luck so far.  Maybe my local system is just
>missing it?
> 
>parik rao

No, I don't need a $4000 workstation sitting on the desk next to my
bed either (although a NeXT in the den would be nice!).  Is it too much
to ask to keep product competitive? Every other manufacturer in the biz does.
Killing the '286 doesn't count as non-support because '386 machines can run
'286 programs, much like a '816 runs 6502 programs.  It provides an 
incentive for some people to upgrade. I did. I'm sorry I did, but
that's not at issue here.

But it's not to be.

This is the only place for discussion of Apple IIs.  Things will be 
vile and nasty until Apple changes its mind (unlikely) or it's all been
over for a while.  Then reality will probably set in and we'll all get 
back to work.

--
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                            |                             (B O'Cult)
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