Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!gaynor From: gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: New Mac Frustrations Message-ID: <1990Nov15.192425.18368@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 15 Nov 90 19:24:25 GMT References: <96064.27415CF3@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <32935@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 54 Nntp-Posting-Host: right.magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu In article <32935@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: >In article <96064.27415CF3@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes: >> >>The LC and IIsi have an external floppy port? Boy, that'll be news to my >>dealer and his stock of machines. > >Well, if this will be a suprise to your dealer, then your dealer is a MORON. > >I can't attest to the LC, but the IIsi next to me on my wife's desk >certainly has an external floppy port. > >...of course it would be way to much to expect them to read product >spec. sheets. They might actually run the risk of learning >something... I'm sitting here at my desk, product spec sheets in hand. The LC does -not- have an external floppy port. Looking at the back of the lil' pizza box, we have, from left to right: power switch, main power receptacle, video port, printer port, modem port, SCSI port, ADB port, sound-out port, sound-in port, and expansion slot access port. I even remember an article in the recent MacWorld where, in talking about the design history of the LC, the engineers said proudly that the reason there wasn't an external floppy port on the LC is that it the connector would've added to the LC's cost. The IIsi -does- have en external floppy port. Looking at back, from left to right: (top) main power receptacle, (bottom) power switch, sound-in port, (top) outlet for monitor, (bottom) stereo-out port, modem port, printer port, SCSI port, (top) expansion slot access port, (bottom) video port, floppy disk drive port, ADB port. So there. By the way, dealers often have trouble getting and/or keeping product spec sheets. Getting spec sheets from my local dealer is like pulling teeth. 'sides, window shoppers pick them up at a furious pace - I've seen an entire box of Apple product flyers go in 5 hours. And of course, for everyone, chill. I mean, if folks get this worked up over a computer... real stress would make 'em explode. You want a smiley? Have one. ;) -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FM-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.ed | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"