Re: //e disk density question

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Detrich) wrote:

>In article <23OCT199605210813@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca
>(Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>>     You obviously haven't seen an original Apple III. :) It weighed
>> 26 pounds and it's housing was mostly made of thick cast iron metal.
>> It was literally built like a tank for some odd reason, I'm sure it
>> withstand a war! (maybe Apple should have targeted the machine to the
>> military rather than the business community ;)

>I just got a III this past summer.  Unfortunately, its not here, its far
>away in Alb, NM.  I remember getting it and thinking to myself, Jeez,
>thats a hell of a heatsink!

>I think its made of cast aluminium.

Maybe Apple was ANTICIPATING the problem that required users to drop
their computers, to fix.  I think it was loose chips.
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