bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church) (02/24/90)
In article <1990Feb20.012055.8326@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>, toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: > bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church) writes: > > >I would like to see Apple ship the //c+ with at least 256k of memory but > >other than that I have a hard time thinking of any way of improving on it. > >Even with 128k it's a great Appleworks machine due to the built in 800k > >drive. > > Well, if you have a lab of 30 of 'em, say, it'd be really nice if you could > boot them diskless from an AppleShare server and then run the eduware from > there as well, and the student's files could all stay on the server. > [ other very good points on modifying the //c+] > > Todd Whitesel Those are all good suggestions but I think it might be better if Apple were to use them to create a different low cost //. Perhaps a "sister" computer to the //c+. It's a matter of where I'm coming from. (literally :-)). Here in Southeastern Ohio there are schools with no computers at all. A friend of mine teaches at Vinton County (the poorest county in Ohio) and they have five computers in the entire school. Four Commodore 64s and one Apple //E. The Apple //E is in the principles office and used for administration purposes only. Networking is not a major concern here. $600 computers which could run Appleworks or Fredwriter are a real option. I think that this wide range of school budgets is a good reason for the diversity of the Apple // line. I'd like to see Apple develop a machine like you described, publicize the //c+ more (although I don't see that so much as an Apple problem but a dealer problem) and of course keep working on the GS. The development of a Minix-like Multitasking OS for the // might also be an important step in keeping Apples in the schools. While such a system may not be all that useful on an everyday basis it could serve as a teaching tool for advanced programing. Despite whatever else happens, if we don't keep Apples in the schools we can kiss them goodbye (IMHO). ******************************************************************** * * * bob church bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu * * * * If economics isn't an "exact" science why do computers crash * * so much more often than the stock market? * * bc * ********************************************************************