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

[jdb8042@TAMUTS.TAMU.EDU (John Donald Baker)]

In article <2cvnih$2cv@news.ysu.edu>, Eric S. Ford <ag471@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>
>Maybe some will call this denial but I dispute the recent posting that the 
>Apple II is DEAD.  I turned mine on this morning and it still works.  I expect
>it will still work when I get home this evening.  True, Apple Inc. may be on

Their practically bulletproof, aren't they?  I refuse to discard any piece
of equipment that still functions as it should.  :-)

>Since 1977 there have been several computer systems
>on the market which now are no longer manufactured but the systems can still
>be found, in use, by dedicated users.  CP/M clubs still abound in some cities
>but there aren't any major manufacturers of CP/M machines still out there.  If

Hear, hear!  As an Apple CP/M-er, I get the best of both worlds!  (and
I haven't found any drawbacks either.)  I'll go out on a limb and make this
a world-wide announcement:

If you're a CP/M afficionado (user, used to use it, or never heard of it),
the CP/M-Houston Users' Group will hold it's next meeting on Thursday,
2 December 1993 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Faculty Workroom of
The George Washington High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice,
4701 Dickson Street, Houston TX.  (I.e. about 3/4 mi. south of IH-10 on
Durham St.  [where Durham, Shepherd, and Dickson all meet]).

If you're in the Houston, TX area (Hi, Mark Manning, Tom Hoot!) try
to come.  If you used to be a member of the group, but have moved out
of the area, send me email--I'd like to hear from you.

Topics of conversation are not limited to CP/M and may range as wide
and be as varied as anyone cares to discuss.  One time we sat around
talking about the Space Shuttle's WasteWater Disposal System!  :-)

>we, as a group, focus on the negatives of having to "go it on our own" then
>soon the Apple II may die.  But in the meantime, I plan to keep using my
>machine for what I bought it for -- enjoyment and education.  

I've been 'on my own' pretty much the whole span of my computing life
(about 8 year, now).  The help you get from fellow users of whatever
computing platform you use is consistently first rate. A big "Thank you"
to all those who've helped me in the past and "My pleasure" to anyone
I've been able to help.

>
>-- 
>Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu


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