"Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:40077d0d$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com...
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: Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote:
: >
: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Dan wrote:
: >
: >>Frankly, I would rather have a large businesses controlling
things.
: >>That means the platform *has* a future.
: >
[ snip ]
: >
: > True, but I think some of the hardware introduced of late is
to
: > deal with a shortage of vintage parts. SCSI cards are scarce
and
: > expensive, so you may as well use CF as a replacement. If
you are
: > interested in connectivity, serial ports are becoming rather
rare
: > (on Macs and now on PCs) -- so maybe an ethernet adapter
makes
: > sense.
: >
: > Byron.
:
: Byron, your response in the last paragraph isn't bad, it points
out the
: position of those who still use, and wish to continue to use,
their
: Apple IIs, rather than those who want antiques. Both are valid,
and both
: have their supporters. There is a third of course. The person
who takes
: an old car, and rather than restoring it to like new condition,
restores
: it and soups it up. Hotrods you see. And there is where you
will find
: some who wish to not restore a classic, or continue to use
their old
: machine for just another year or two, but those who would love
push it.
: To find the limits, and find ways to go beyond those limits.
:
: Personally, I like the latter two rather than the former. But
the Apple
: II community is too small to get too divisive. We all need one
another.
: I bless those who make new hardware and software.
:
: Roy
Well, Bless me, and if you're patient, you'll
hopefully see some more new hardware. I have a
few things in the works, and there are a couple
others which are working on some things.