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Subject: RE: Re: Apple // manuals
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Date: 21 Dec 88 18:50:00 GMT
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In reply to David Kletter's comment that Apple buyers of the present are not
programmer/hobbiests like those of the 70's and therefore don't need the
Apple technical references, may I suggest that those of the 70's weren't
either until they read the manuals that came with the Apples in the days of
the II+ and were stimulated to BECOME hobbiest/programmers?  Apple's current
manuals actively DISCOURAGE interest in understanding the machine or the
programs.  This is a mistake they will pay for in the future when there are
few if any new Apple programmers to maintain the program market.

Phil Albro