Re: The Apple 2 is rubbish !!!

["Sam Gillett" <samgillettnospam@diespammermsn.com>]

"Brotha G" wrote ...

> Sam Gillett  writes
>
>>The Sinclair Rectrum
>>was a much better fit.  Besides, if you wedged it under the door upside 
>>down,
>>the rubber keyboard prevented it from slipping if a gust of wind attempted 
>>to
>>close the door.
>
> Accord'n ta tha New York Times it was tha company Commodore who started all 
> this bizzle in 1985

According to information from various sources, Commodore actually did use 
Timex TS-1000 computers as doorstops.  It happened something like this...

As a promotional gimmick, Commodore offered a $100 rebate to anyone offering 
any computer or game console as a trade in when buying a C64.  A New York 
chain called Crazy Eddy started selling the cheap Timex TS-1000 for $10 so 
that customers could get the rebate.  Commodore was flooded with thousands of 
the cheap TS-1000 computers.  Commodores marketing department asked the 
engineering department to find a use for them.  The engineering department 
started using them for doorstops, as they were useless for anything else.

Anyone with additions or corrections to the above story, please type now, or 
forever keep your fingers still.
-- 
Best regards,

Sam Gillett

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It's the Air Force that doesn't exist!