Re: help with transfferring software to an Apple IIe

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"Obsbedia2" <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote in message
20030127232229.27662.00000295@mb-mj.aol.com">news:20030127232229.27662.00000295@mb-mj.aol.com...
> "Heresy" is such a loaded word.  Let's just say that I have a different
> perspective:
> I learned learned AppleWorks v1.3 in 1994,
> bought my first Apple //e the next year,
> used and still use the same computer and AW3.0 to:
> keep track of school records,
> write letters to  +parents,
> +teachers, and
> + the district office, and
> about five years ago, I complete my Masters using my
> trusty //e!
>
> Hobbist indeed!  If it's important, why trust it to anything, but a ][?!!
>
> Now, as to the question of keyboarding and typing--several nice programs
come
> to mind (Keyboarding Klass, BeagleWrite, AppleWorks).  It would be no
trouble
> at all to send them to the poster.
>
> APPLE ][:  Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
> JaY Edwards
>
> << This may be heresy, but the kid would be better off with a PC. Pentiums
are
> give-away items now.
> Even if you had a lot of software for the Apple II, I'd still recommend a
PC
> because that's what the kid will use in the real world.  Sorry folks, but
> the Apple II is a hobbist's computer these days. I think it would be great
> if this kid got interested in the Apple II platform in addition to knowing
> how to use a PC, but I wouldn't even suggest a Mac (even though I love
Macs
> too) because the real world is 95% Wintel.  Teaching kids life skills is
too
> important to fool around with.  Imagine applying for a job and stating
that
> you were an expert with the Apple II.  Or going into the computer lab at
> school and looking for an Apple II because that's all you know how to use.
> Sorry folks, they're gone.
> -Paul >>
>
>
All I have to add is, in the words of the infamous Bill
Cosby Himself, " This is Not your child!" LMAO

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
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