Re: apple II + boot up

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John Holmes)]

I'll have to agree that there are times when Pim can be a bit on the harsh 
side (sometimes quite a bit) but the irritation seems pretty valid in this 
instance. 

I do understand that there are people who are unfamiliar with a particular 
computer system (I'm learning (and re-learning) myself on the IIgs) it would 
make much more sense to state the exact message on the "error type screen" 
rather than to just say that it was an "error type screen".  

If you don't find this particular type of question then it is obvious that you 
have never worked in a technical support or system administrator type of 
position dealing with people who ask this type of question on a daily basis 
saying "My computer has an error" and when you ask them what error it is, they 
say "Well, I don't know, I shut my computer off and rebooted a couple of hours 
ago but just got around to calling you now..."  It is VERY frustrating.  The 
reason that I quit working as a network admin and changed professions 
completely...

In article <388F8844.AD3@starmail.com>, shalom@starmail.com wrote:
>Xray asked a reasonable question IMHO. Being able to boot from a boot
>disk is hardly the solution to the problem Xray posed. Your response is
>the kind of pompous elitist arrogance that scares newbies from asking
>questions - vague or otherwise.
>
>Pim Blokland wrote:
>> 
>> xray wrote:
>> >
>> > The machine did not boot fully but went into an error type screen.
>> > I was able to boot with a program disk inserted into the drive.
>> > Does anyone have any clue as to what I need to do ...
>> 
>> First of all, you may begin with defining what an "error type screen"
>> is. We cannot see your screen from here! How are we supposed to give
>> an answer is we don't know what the question means? And also, in your
>> second sentence you seem to have solved the problem. Then why post
>> here at all?
>> 
>> PS your message is strangely similar to a message someone else posted
>> here last week (describing start up problems with exactly the same
>> machine, in too vague a manner). And so is your e-mail address. And
>> the rest of your headers. Coincidence?
>
>Thistledew
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