Re: apple IIc - Does this item have ANY va

[writer@sabu.ebay.sun.com (Bob Morrisette)]

In article m2m@gap.cco.caltech.edu, nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
> In article <1996Mar15.234743.50@tcs.wap.org>,
> Dave Ottalini <dave.ottalini@tcs.wap.org> wrote:
> 
>   [Snip. Hint: hit return every 70 columns, not 79. Makes things
> much easier to quote]
> 
> > IF just ONE IIc helps a homeless person learn some computer skills,
> >write a resume and get a job... how much worth are you willing to
> >place on that??
> 
>    Who the heck needs a computer for a resume? People had resumes a
> long time before computers, and they still got jobs. "Needing" a
> computer to make a resume is a rather vapid argument. You can buy an
> old manual typewriter from a thrift shop for next to nothing, and use
> that to learn typing instead. Plus, it's a little easier to get a
> manual typewriter to work without electricity; computers are a little
> harder for the homeless to use all the time.
> 
> Nathan Mates
> 
> 
>    
> -- 
> <*> Nathan Mates http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~nathan/      <*>
> # And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the
> # Kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in 
> # parables" Mark 4:11, NRSV

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A resume created on a manual typewriter will look bad
compared to the other resumes created on a laser printer
or typeset.

Many firms now scan resumes into a database. Might have a
problem scanning typewriter font.

Sabu