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Re: Top 10 Reaons to Keep an Old Mac Lying Around
- Subject: Re: Top 10 Reaons to Keep an Old Mac Lying Around
- From: Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:10:31 +0000 (UTC)
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7. It makes a tolerable boat anchor.
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:58:42 GMT, Tim Haynes wrote:
> Just to inject some levity into the group, and to show Apple that we don't
> TOTALLY hate them for abandoning the Apple II line in favour of other
> technology that the Apple II's paid for, I thought we could build a top 10
> list saying why it's nice to keep an old Mac lying around! Here are a few
> items that recently pertained to my particular situation:
>
> Top 10 Reasons to Keep an Old Mac Lying Around
> 10. It can be used as a cheap file server for your Apple II.
> 9. It can be used as a bridge to let your IIgs get at the rest of your LAN.
> 8. They often have batteries that are compatible with your Apple IIgs.
>
> (#8 just happened to me tonight! My IIgs battery died, so I cracked up an
> old Mac SE, and lo'n'behold, the same kind of battery! A couple of snips
> later, and my IIgs could remember the time again...)
>
> Any other items? :)
>
> Cheers!
> Tim
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