Re: To Endless Mike (or is that Clueless Mike???)

[pliethen@globaldialog.com (Peter Liethen)]

In article <491778014.420137520@adbbs.antioch.edu>,
John_L._Graham@adbbs.antioch.edu wrote:

> Tom, I was thinking about this just yesterday. The Apple II was built to last
> in a market that wasn't. I've got 16 year old Disk IIs that just won't quit.
> II+'s just need their keyboards pulled apart a cleaned once a decade, and
> later models only need a little Windex once a year or so. Okay, maybe pull
> the cards and clean the edge connectors once every 5 years or so. heh, heh,
> it's fun to see my kids playing on computers I bought years before they were
> born. Heck, years before I even met their mother, and my son's get'n big!
> Scary thought. The day will come when we turn our last Apple II off for that
> last time. By then it'll have desrved a rest :)
> 
> -John

I think the Apples were built to last forever! I've acidently spilled
Mountan Dew in the thing, and after cleaning it out, it still woked!
Dropped it, pushed it, shoved it, shorted it, whatever I do to it it won't
break. Heck, the Apple ][+ was my dad's computer (before he got a 8088) he
has had it since before I was born. I plan on keeping until I (maybe...)
have kids, and I'll teach them about the history of the computer and teach
them how to use it. I have no doubt that it will continue to work for
another 17 years. All thanks to the people at Apple that didn't use
sub-standard parts.

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-Peter Liethen
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