Re: On this day, 10 years ago...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mitchell Spector writes ...
> 
>     This is kind of wasting bandwidth, but I thought I'd share that
> today -- January 26, 1998, marks exactly 10 years (to the VERY day)
> that I have owned and have been using an Apple IIgs! :-) I find it
> kind of remarkable that a full decade later, the machine still sits
> on my desk -- connected and being used regularly. Not too mention I
> continue to have a strong interest in it.
> 
>     I still have fond memories of the day I unpacked my (then brand
> new) GS and set it up. I doubt any other computer I buy in future
> will provide as much excitement as the GS did for me on that day.
> ....


     Back in January of 1981, my dad ordered a ][+. The day it arrived
was pretty exciting. Playing Lemonade Stand (in color!) was a treat.
Best of all was having a computer you could program to do all kinds of
neat things.

     We got a GS in October of 1986. (My dad shelled out around $2300,
and that was without a second 3.5" drive!)  It was another 'red letter
day', though, I guess, your first computer is always kind of special. 
     We added a '286/12 PC in 1990 (then a '486/33, then a K6/233).
Somehow, the PC's have not evoked the same feelings of anticipation. In
each case it has been a matter of purchasing a necessity. I can
appreciate that our current PC is a very nice computer. Getting to
_like_ it will take some time. 

     Anyway, the GS and ][+ still get plenty of use. Were Apple to
release the "IIgs Millenium", I'd probably buy the thing, buy a new
Apple mug and keychain, and get excited all over again.

       

Rubywand