Re: Obsolete?

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LKrupp wrote:
> 
> So here I sit, with my thumb up my a$$, in front of my Power Macintosh and
> HP 560C Deskwriter, inkjet printer. My wife (a sixth grade teacher) has
> just asked me to help her enter and print out 400 3X5 note cards for the
> upcoming scholar bowl competition. "That's what we bought this computer
> for, right?", she says. The HP 560C doesn't seem to like 3X5 note cards.
> The Power Mac doesn't seem to be capable of printing forms with
> non-standard dimensions. So here I sit with my thumb up my a$$.
> 
> But wait!!! In the attic, over at my mother-in-law's house, is my trusty
> (though now obsolete and retired) Apple //e and Apple DMP parallel
> printer. The DMP accepts tractor-fed 3X5 note cards. Appleworks 3.0 lets
> me set up a database file for my wife to enter her questions and answers,
> and lets me format the output so it prints correctly on the 3X5 cards.
> What a worthless piece of obsolete crap that //e is. My wife is sitting in
> the dining room now, typing furiously away at her project.
> 
> Meanwhile, here I sit, in front of my Power Macintosh and HP Deskwriter,
> with my thumb up my a$$.
> 
> Progress!
> 
> L. Krupp
I agree. I just bought a new Mac, but don't have anywhere near the
desktop publishing capability and flexability as my Apple IIGS with an
ImageWriter II sitting right next to the Mac. I don't have a new printer
for the Mac, however. It would be crazy to put the IIGS in the basement
or attic and use the Mac exclusively for desktop publishing needs