Obsolete?

[lkrupp@apci.net (LKrupp)]

So here I sit, with my thumb up my a$$, in front of my Power Macintosh and
HP 560C Deskwriter, inkjet printer. My wife (a sixth grade teacher) has
just asked me to help her enter and print out 400 3X5 note cards for the
upcoming scholar bowl competition. "That's what we bought this computer
for, right?", she says. The HP 560C doesn't seem to like 3X5 note cards.
The Power Mac doesn't seem to be capable of printing forms with
non-standard dimensions. So here I sit with my thumb up my a$$.

But wait!!! In the attic, over at my mother-in-law's house, is my trusty
(though now obsolete and retired) Apple //e and Apple DMP parallel
printer. The DMP accepts tractor-fed 3X5 note cards. Appleworks 3.0 lets
me set up a database file for my wife to enter her questions and answers,
and lets me format the output so it prints correctly on the 3X5 cards.
What a worthless piece of obsolete crap that //e is. My wife is sitting in
the dining room now, typing furiously away at her project.

Meanwhile, here I sit, in front of my Power Macintosh and HP Deskwriter,
with my thumb up my a$$.

Progress!

L. Krupp