Re: Old Beige?

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Jason Whorton <jason@microxl.com> wrote:
:     Hi.  I am disappointed to hear that my post was only seen as a "feeble"
: attempt at humor.  Your mention of me trying something new has given me new
: spirits, though.  :-)  After very little thought, I think I'll try to be
: less funny and more helpful from now on.

I had to read it twice to figure out what was going on, and I'm savvy to Apple
II stuff. I can imagine what the original poster thought was going on. It
served no purpose and was not by one iota funny to me.

:     After seeing the subject of "Old beige", I was hoping to find a post of
: perhaps someone reminiscing on their beige Apple II, but found yet another
: Macintosh related post.  As I have been reading the Apple II newsgroups for
: around 2 years off and on, I have already passed the stage of "it's getting
: old" and have gone to "it's irritating" as it relates to finding off-topic
: posts, especially Mac ones.  I want to read about Apple II's in CSA2, not
: other stuff.  When I post to a group that I am not a frequent reader of, I
: check out several posts and often ask if a topic is appropriate for that
: newsgroup before posting, if I am not sure.  I think I shall include this
: last bit in future "point them in the right direction" replies to the
: newsgroups.

It is best when people follow newsgroup guidelines, but getting bent out of
shape when they don't is not helpful. And the reverse never happens, I assure
you. The last time I noticed was when someone asked in one of the Mac groups
asking how to connect a hard disk to a //e. Not only did no one complain,
several people chimed in with info. Lots of the Mac crowd started out on
Apple IIs of course.
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