Re: Your first A2.

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

Yes, I HAVE the original Apple Service note somewhere which stated "Lift the
right hand side of the machine approximately 4" above the work surface and
drop." Very hi-tech repair method :-)

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 17:16:58 -0400, Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> The Apple /// certainly seems to have had a few quirks, but I always
> understood that its failure in the marketplace was due mainly to the 100%
> failure rate of the early production resulting from Apple's use of cheap
> chip sockets (a problem they solved very neatly in the //e by doing away
> with most of them.) I know that one "repair" method for the /// was to drop
> it six inches onto a hard surface to jar the chip seating. By the time
> Apple saw the duboius wisdom of saving a few bucks in sockets, the word was
> out that the /// was a dog.
>
> To my way of thinking, the /// was a FAR superior business machine to the
> II+/e, was absolutely better than the first PC, and was light years ahead
> of the first Macs (which were practically useless except as toys.) The ///
> could have been a serious contender against the PC if not for this
> disastrous public-relations fiasco. First impressions count for a lot!
>
> Tom Z
>
>
>
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
> 20010701132605.06501.00002893@ng-ch1.aol.com">news:20010701132605.06501.00002893@ng-ch1.aol.com...
>> Consider what Apple was offering at the time of the PC intro
>> in 1981--the Apple ///, for God's sake!  This was a machine
>> with plenty of "personality"--most of it capricious.  And with
>> terrible software availablilty, except in Apple // emulation mode!
>> (This is 1981, remember.)
>>
>>
>> Commercial success is at least as much understanding your
>> market as it is having a great product.  (Remember Beta!)  Although
>> Apple products were clever, innovative, and (after the ///) well-designed,
>> they _never_ understood how to market to the people with money to
>> spend.  Even Jobs appeals primarily to the Mac faithful, not the
>> uncommitted pragmatist with work to do.
>>
>> "Being standard is better than being better."
>>
>> "But that's just my opinion...I could be wrong."
>>
>> </rant>
>>
>> -michael
>>
>>  Email:  mjmahon@aol.com
>>  Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

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