Re: Just another day in the Apple II

[Kevin Dady <kevin@hackaday.com>]

On Apr 26, 2:45 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Brian" <bpic...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:e159e653-
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> On Apr 25, 11:30 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > "Brian" <bpic...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b1665f78
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> > > I was sick at home today and got pretty bored so I drew
> > > a silly picture in Paint on how to properly repair an
> > > Apple II. Enjoy:
> > >https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KYMl2SKyJwxtqejc...
>
> > That's great. Where does the idea originate from?
> > I saw a rough sketch of a similar idea at a garage sale
> > recently. I thought it would be cool to have the dwarfs
> > working on an Apple II.  Been a long time since I drew
> > anything as detailed in Paint and forgot how tedious it
> > is.  That simple drawing took like 4 hours to complete lol.
>
> It reminds me a little of how the Lemmings may have gotten
> into the machine.  :-)  I'm sure that it's not that, but,
> that's just how I imagined it when I first saw it.
>
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> Bill Garber

if one goes to the internet archive, looks up computer chronicles, and
I believe the episode about microprocessors, there is a 101 segment
inside an apple II+ with an engineer with a clipboard checking things
off before boot, then gives the host (Stewart)  a breif rundown of how
it all works. The II is fired up and then complains "error, 2 men
inside"

I wonder how I can surpass that, because 2 men inside my apple II
before power to make sure the darn thing is working right is getting
expensive as the supply of mini-people is dwindling post 1896 due to
the electrical shock and starvation of being left in the closet for
20+ years with no thought.