Re: groups for Macintosh Classic ?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <40B29925.6060108@mindspring.com>,
Robert Steinmetz  <not-rsteinmetz@mindspring.com> wrote:
 
> Simon Williams wrote:
>> momo <quality_us@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've often thought it would be useful to start a Usenet group for olden
>> Macs, but it looks like the process of getting a group started is a bit
>> formidable... 
>> 
>> From what I've seen, the 68K Mac community lacks the plethora of bearded
>> old wizards that infest the Apple II world in droves... it would be
>> useful to have a wide-ranging forum like CSA2, though I suppose the old
>> Macs are more of a curiosity item and not likely to attract as much
>> in-depth discussion as the Apple II.
> 
> Macs were originally designed to discourage that and since it 
> was an 'appliance' or the 'computer for the rest of us' not many 
> people got deeply involved, because it was a closed system.
 
...and that's the very reason that I, in the 1980's, went from the
Apple II to the PC, rather than to the Mac.
 
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