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Re: Apple II: Second Best Tech Product of All Time!

Subject: Re: Apple II: Second Best Tech Product of All Time!
From: Charlie Springer <RAM@regnirps.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 23:18:29 -0700
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 07:03:35 -0700, Payton Byrd wrote
(in article <AeOQh.19871$ER1.965@bignews5.bellsouth.net>):

> Jobs declared the Apple II as the best selling computer ever when the VIC-20 
> was outselling it 10 to 1.

It is just that calling Commodore products "computers" is a little offensive. 
Really really slow drive controllers maybe? (I had to write Forth drivers for 
them once. Unbelievable! And IEEE interface. Aaaarggghhh!)

-- Charlie Springer

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