Re: Why own an apple2?

[Chad Choi Lin <chadlin@nyetcom.com>]

Will Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 02:14:03 -0700, Chad Choi Lin
> <chadlin@nyetcom.com> wrote:
> 
> |>Reason #6: You want a computer system that works, yet no one in their
> |>right mind would steal.
> 
> hehehehehe....
> 
> |>     This (and the fact that we are always strapped for cash) is why our
> |>college radio station got an Apple //c. Earlier this year we had a
> |>heartbreaking incident in which some dirty so-and-so broke into the 486
> |>PC machine sitting in the lobby and stole the Ethernet card that
> |>connected it to the local university network -- and damaged the computer
> |>in the process.
> 
> that's a drag, dude.  did they find the culprit?

Unfortunately, no. We've always had a theft problem at KUCI; this was
one of the more extreme cases. Believe me, if we ever found out who the
miscreant was there'd be several kinds of hell for him/her to pay.

> |>Our //c is immune to such a problem because a) it has no
> |>expansion slots, so there are no cards that can be stolen, and b) IT
> |>DOESN'T WORK WITH IBM OR MAC STUFF. You can't run Windows on it, you'll
> |>never be able to put Macintosh software into it,
> 
> don't be surprised, with the state of kids today, if some dolt tried
> to put Mac stuff on it ANYWAY...  ("whaddya MEAN it doesn't run Mac
> software?!?  it's got an Apple logo on it!"  i hear this every once in
> a while when i talk about my //gs....  <sigh>)

Actually, I'm pretty confident that even the most dull-minded computer
thief will think twice before stealing our //c. Sure, it's small and has
a convenient carry handle, but one of the first things you'll notice
when you walk into the music director's office is that the //c has a
built-in FIVE-AND-A-QUARTER floppy disk drive. That's enough to let any
person know that this piece of hardware isn't exactly state-of-the-art
material (though I will gladly concede that it used to be).

And if some chucklehead does go ahead and swipe the thing -- well, our
fellow Apple hacker Jake Anderson (music director) knows where to get
more at dirt-cheap prices. ;-)

-- 
Peace, Love, and Apple II Forever!
Chad Choi Lin
chadlin@nyetcom.com

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