Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR GS, I plead you! (was:Re: GS trade-in) Message-ID: <13519@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 17 Mar 91 13:30:42 GMT References: <387.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 35 In article <387.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) writes: > I'm going to college soon (next year) and am worried about my >computer setup. I plan to lug my GS along with me, but am worried about >compatibility with the school's systems, which probably are Macintoshes. So >unless that damned Duet card (CirTech, are you listening?) comes out, I >might have to switch over to the Mac world. Or (GASP!!) IBM. Oh come on. I am a senior computer engineering student and have had my IIGS since before I started college... Basically -everyone- on ucscb (the computer system where students/faculty/etc can get free public accounts) knows me as the "Apple II fanatic"... I see no logical reason why you would EVER need to switch to those computers.. The only thing I use Macs for on campus is word processing (they are like 512K Macs which SUCK, but I don't have a good GS word processor... Are any as good as WORD for the Mac? Even though on these Macs I have to switch disks a lot and it's slow, I ---really--- like Word!) I use these '386s on campus for terminals (admittedly since they're directly connected to the net, they're pretty cool since they run Xenix and they have those neat "alt-windows" things so I can have multiple-logins at once)... I see no reason to switch though... I either use machines on campus when I have to or use my GS at home... If you get a modem (2400 AT LEAST.. 9600s are cheap enough nowadays to seriously consider one.. You will be disappointed with anything less than 2400, and will get sick of 2400 after a while.. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN GET GREAT GS SOFTWARE over the net!), you can log into all of your school computers, etc. So basically I think it's a BOGUS argument to say you should switch to another computer... You have ORCA/C.. If you -need- speed, get a Zip GS. End of argument.. (heh heh) --