Re: Help I'm clueless

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (John Lesher)]

Charles Turley (gbmaidsf@wco.com) wrote:
: Fannie Rogers <frogers@email.unc.edu wrote:

: I,m a pc man who just got an apple 2e with no software.i don't know
: anything about these computers but wld like for my 8 yr old daughter to
: be able to use it for something.I guess I need some sort of operating
: system first. can someone tell what the operating system is called, 
: where
: to get it..is it avail new or need i post wtb for it..etc. what about
: availibility of other software...thanks for any
: responses..frogers@email.unc.edu

: Charles Turley <gbmaidsf@wco.com> replies:

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: Be sure to explore it all, especially the HTML document A2.vendor.html.
: That document covers anything you could possibly want for your recently 
: obtained Apple IIe.  I suggest you contact Quality Computers for 
: educational software, the most current available for the Apple IIe.
: They have a new Apple 2 specific catalog they can also send you by mail, 
: upon your request.  Give them a toll-free call -> 1-800-890-8263. 

	Just a note... Don't believe everything the sales rep @ Quality
Computer tells you.  They don't have much of their profits coming in from
Apple II owners, and therefore, they've diverted mostly to Mac & PC's.

	Just a few notes of things they've told me which aren't true are:

	1)  There are no viruses for the Apple II...  As far as I know,
there are four known viruses for the Apple II:  Blackout, Lode Runner,
Festering Hate, and CyberAIDS.  I've never encountered them, and they
may as well not exist, but the fact remains that they DID exist and they
DID hurt people.

	2)  The Apple IIe can't control a modem going faster than 9600
bps.  Wrong.  I've heard of people using 19.2Kbps on their Apple IIe's.
I COULD have been using 14.4Kbps on my Apple IIe all last year, but I
only found out after I had bought a 2400 modem from them (about 6 mo.
later).

	3)  Quality Computers no longer sells Signature.  I got this
message from the sales dept.  However, when I called tech support to
find out if they had put the program on public domain, they told me
they still had copies, and were quite willing to sell to me.

	In a nutshell, don't believe everything the sales dept. tells
you.  Those people have been trained to sell IBM and Mac ware and know
little, if anything, about Apple II's.

Tilghman