Re: Early apple employees Dick and Cliff Huston selling off collection

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 23 mar, 21:11, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Toinet wrote:
> > On 23 mar, 20:33, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> >> Toinet wrote:
> >> > Part of the items were sold yesterday, let's say this morning for me.
> >> > I won the ProDOS source code listing. And the drive I was bidding on
> >> > at $3500 ended at $5300 *sigh*
>
> >> Good job. :-) This is the part where we mob you for Xerox copies. :-P
>
> > "mob" ???? I miss the meaning, sorry. mobilize?
>
> No. It means when a crowd of angry people gather around someone.

To do what? Or why are they angry? They are angry and want to kill the
guy because he gave copies? Or they demonstrate? Please forgive my
lack of understanding on that one, I have to admit I am quite lost
despite your tries to explain it to me.

>
>
>
> > You know, I would have dreamed to crack a DOS 3.2 software with the
> > drive and the prototype controller board :-) Let's see what I can do
> > with the mouse...
>
> I have a feeling that as long as the wires are still connected, the hardware
> probably does still work. I would not want to be the one to find the
> detached wires on that Apple III wire-wrap prototype! That was a complete
> rat's nest!
>

I agree with you, I wonder how one can follow the wires!

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