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From: alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Modem usage in applesoft basic (sorry)
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.072250.27849@nevada.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 91 07:22:50 GMT
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In article <14756@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>In article <9104200147.AA05353@apple.com> MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes:
>>The Apple II was originally designed to be used WITHOUT drives.  The Mac
>>can't do a darn thing without'em.
>	Oh COME on! Didn't the tape drive (i.e. any cassette player) 
>exist from day 1?

Umm...I thought it was quite obvious that he was referring to _disk_
drives.

(Now that you've mentioned tapes, Woz used to enter the system
software into the Apple I every time he started it because he hadn't
yet designed a tape interface.  Talk about a glutton for punisment...)

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