Re: Why own an apple2?

[Edward Guldemond <greta@I.hate.spam>]

> So why own an apple2?
> 
> 1.  You owned one and cut your teeth in the digital world on a 2e.
>     When you were 14, that machine was your world, but along the way between
>     then and now you somehow persuaded yourself you didn't need it anymore,
>     and you got rid of it.  Now you've gotten another one just like it, and
>     expanded it beyond anything you could have dreamed of back then.
	True, that's how I got started and haven't stopped yet!! 
> 3.  You like to tinker with electronics.  You have the urge to develop
>     something cool, or maybe just practice and expand your understanding of
>     computing to a hardware level.  And you don't want to fry your
>     multi-thousand dollar desktop machine, nor do you want to pay the hundreds
>     or thousands of dollars for the software and hardware tools to develop
>     for modern computers.  So, you bought an apple2e for 40 bucks on the
>     grounds that if you fry it, you'll be sad, but not out a lot of money.
	I am a student, like to develop, and don't have much money. 
> 4.  You like old electronics.  You have a small collection of antique phones,
>     antique radios, and so on.  You buy these things because you have a deep
>     need for things to be *solid* and enduring, unlike the essentially plastic
>     and disposable world you live in.  That ancient, solid keyboard somehow
>     feels more solid and good under your hands than the modern, ergonomically
>     correct board you use for your other computers.  The solid grunt of a 5.25
>     floppy makes you smile when it actually does retrieve data in spite of
>     seeming hopelessly mechanical.
> 
	I like electronics.  I built (when I was young) a circut (simple, but
w/out much instructions) that added and multiplied numbers (not much,
but good).  I have many old radios (believe it or not) and listen to
them often!

This posting is one of the more interesting for someone that just likes
to browse the newsgroups and very nice to people who pay attention to
them.

Ed
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