edwatkeys@pro-sol.cts.com (Ed Watkeys) (03/28/91)
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 Internet: edwatkeys@pro-sol.cts.com ProLine: edwatkeys@pro-sol UUCP: crash!pro-sol!edwatkeys ARPA: crash!pro-sol!edwatkeys@nosc.mil BitNET: edwatkeys%pro-sol.cts.com@nosc.mil
a.guillaume@trl.oz.au (andrew guillaume) (04/02/91)
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
tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) (04/03/91)
In-Reply-To: message from a.guillaume@trl.oz.au As I recall, Apple will upgrade (some) ][c motherboards for FREE, if you can prove you need it. For example you got a modem or a 3.5" UniDisk. If I am wrong, please let me know. PS Please, NO FLAMES!! UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!tomk ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!tomk@nosc.mil