Re: [NEWS] Apple II gets press in UK!

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:33:19 -0500, Will Smith <root@ctron.com> wrote:

>i hope that your school system is "embarrased" into getting some new
>machines, so that your students can learn about them....  (as much as i
>hate to say it, kids these days aren't going to see Apple II machines in
>offices these days...)

I don't think he needs to worry about it.  After all, he teaches a
language class, not a computer class.

Besides, the principles they learn on the Apple II will still make it
easier for them to use other computers now and in the future.  When
they are using the IIgs machines they are using a user interface with
similar elements to the Mac, Windows, OS/2, XWindows, et al.  When
they are using ProDOS 8 they are getting exposure to text based
environments like MS-DOS, Unix or any number of mainframe type systems
such as the VAX.

>On 6 Nov 1998, Clairemont High School wrote:
>
>> They weren't real careful about facts; I mentioned Webworks GS as signs of
>> life in the A2 world & it came out in the article as a "web-server"
>
>the editor probably thought it was a typo.  of course, there's always the
>possibility of somebody WRITING one....  <evil grin>  hmmmm....  is there
>a port of Perl to the Apple?  i think there's a rudimentary web server
>written in Perl already...  <g>

See my other reply in this thread.  Maybe the editor did a little
digging of his own and heard about Casper.  :-)

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