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From: a.guillaume@trl.oz.au (andrew guillaume)
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Subject: Re: \ Anchor\ IIc? Please xplain...
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Date: 1 Apr 91 21:43:44 GMT
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In article <8240@crash.cts.com>, edwatkeys@pro-sol.cts.com (Ed Watkeys) writes:
> In-Reply-To: message from a.guillaume@trl.oz.au
> 
> What is the term of endearment, and where did it come from?
> 
> Edwin Howell Watkeys III

I first saw the term of endearment in this newsgroup, used when somebody
replied to a query about what where the various versions of the //c. I
immediately adopted the term, but even if I'm trying to upgrade my //c,
would never consider it as a "boat anchor" :-)

For those who want to point a finger :-), the first time I saw the term
was in Ralph Carpenter's post :

> The value you get back is the ROM version number.  The basic
> and most meaningful differences are:
> 
>                FF      255     Original //c -- boat anchor
>                00      000     adds support for 3.5" Unidisk drives
>                03      003     adds expanded-RAM support
>                04      004     fixes bugs in expanded-RAM support
>                05      005     Apple //c+

Andrew Guillaume
(The proud owner of a soon-no-longer-boat-anchor //c :-)

Internet : a.guillaume@trl.oz.au