Re: Virus-IBMs crashing all around me...

[cv985@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Elliott)]

Eric Jacobs (no@no.no) writes:
> 
> Ah, yes, nothing like the plumbing of the old Apple II. We have a 40-column text screen
> where after line 1, comes not line 2, but line NINE! There's some nice plumbing. And let
> us not forget about the wonderful screen holes. (leaks in the plumbing?) We have a
> 280x192 hires screen that is the equivalent of eight 40-column screens back to back. We
> have different color values depending on what column the color is. We have an 80-column 
> text where all even columns are in one bank and the odd columns are in the other! 
> 

Well, yes. There is no flawless computer. But I was mainly talking about
the lack of viruses for the Apple II. I doubt there are many viruses out
there that mess with the video modes on an Apple II :)
If you want to talk about leaks in plumbing, well we have the Rom 01 then
the 03 (yes, I know the story all you purists), and the Disk II (what
happened to the Disk I?) And then that annoying Apple ][ Apple // Apple II
thing. At least we don't put up with "General Protection Fault" on the GS.
Imagine if anything else you owned did that- you car would just randomly
quit with a little light "General Car Fault" (Well, actually I hear Ford
is adding this next year :) hehe) I don't want to get in to an anti-PC
thing, but I was only suggesting that lack of viruses is one thing GS's
have over PC's IMHO.
	-Michael

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