Re: "The Apple II is DEAD" - Long Live the Apple II

[mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)]

In article <2e333c$701@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU>, ballweb@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Brian
Ballweber) wrote:
>  
> You miss the point, I was referring to the current generation of MS-DOS users,
> not the machines.  I was wondering if they could find their way around on such
> a setup... Doubtful I bet, since most IBM users i know don't even know what
> an Apple IIe looks like, much less how to use it...
>  
> People always talk about how useless it is teaching people with such machines
> as Apple IIes, but I can guarantee you that such knowledge can be most useful
> in the strangest places <ie  like on that mass spectrometer>...
>  
> - Brian

Oh!  Yes!  That's very different! :)

I am continually amazed at how many people I know who have degrees yet
can not even turn on a computer - let alone do anything with one.  And
here I am a ten year Sophomore. :)  Guess it is about time I really
finished my degree.  I just hated knowing more about computers than my
teachers. :P  Really can make going to college a drag. :/

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