CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET (02/05/89)
>The //c was another of Jobs' great ideas. One of the things that >Woz did right with the Apple II was to make it expandable, not >replaceable. The //c was apparently targeted at the sort of yoyos >for whom Apple user manuals are now written, who would only blow up >their computer if they could get the cover off. If growth was a >factor you would have been better advised to have bought a //e. I wish you would have told me that sooner. I have a //c and since I didn't know that I couldn't take the cover off I've added an 800K drive a meg of memory, and a 5 mghz RocketChip. I suppose I could pitch it but then how would I get my homework done? I'm taking Advanced Cobol and UNIX/C this quarter, and after doing all my homework in UltraMacros enhanced Appleworks it's going to be hard to adjust to full time XEDIT and VI. Bob Church CS656@OUACCVMB
tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer) (02/09/89)
In article <8902042332.aa05508@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes: > >>The //c was another of Jobs' great ideas. One of the things that >>Woz did right with the Apple II was to make it expandable, not >>replaceable. The //c was apparently targeted at the sort of yoyos >>for whom Apple user manuals are now written, who would only blow up >>their computer if they could get the cover off. If growth was a >>factor you would have been better advised to have bought a //e. >I wish you would have told me that sooner. I have a //c and since I >didn't know that I couldn't take the cover off I've added an 800K drive >a meg of memory, and a 5 mghz RocketChip. I suppose I could pitch it but >then how would I get my homework done? I'm taking Advanced Cobol and UNIX/C >this quarter, and after doing all my homework in UltraMacros enhanced >Appleworks it's going to be hard to adjust to full time XEDIT and VI. >Bob Church CS656@OUACCVMB YEAH! //C power! +----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ | Richard G. Brewer (TRON) | Power through | rbrewer@wpi.bitnet | | WPI Box 149 | better design | tron@wpi.wpi.edu | | 100 Institute Rd. | and engineering. +--------------------+ | Worcester, Ma 01609-2280 +--------------------+ President: | | (508) 792-3231 | VaNDaL's SaCk | The Apple Guild | +----------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ | . . . E N D O F L I N E . . . | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+