Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

["Chuck Morris" <nospam@nospam.net>]

Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > With only very minor complaints, his post is dead on.
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> Well, whether I'm right or wrong or he was doesn't matter to me.
> If he wants to post his views, he should IMHO start a web site of
> the history of the home computer and leave this forum to what it
> is intended to do. Assist people with problems and suggestions
> on getting their Apple II's running or running better. That type of
> post just brings hard feelings across the many platforms, Apple
> and IBM especially. Why harp on infomation that is readily available
> if you only desire and if I wanted to know, I would have damned sight
> gone and searched it out. Just like those who like to play their car
> radios so loud you can feel the bass thumping from a block away.
> If I want to hear that song, I'll surely go buy the record.
> Being a newbie, I do stand corrected quite often, but I simply do not
> appreciate my PC of choice being dragged down as inferior. It
> plainly is not, and everyone knows it. These types of posts are a
> futile attempt at keeping alive a basically hobby oriented computer
> line that had it's good days and they WERE great days. Can't we
> simply enjoy them while they are still a little popular? Can we
> not band together and keep them going as what they are, not what
> we'd like to think they are?
> BTW, the more argument I receive, the more I respond.
> This is my feeling in a nutshell. Use them, abuse them, that's
> your choice, but give every brand the respect it should deserve.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
> http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
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