Re: What do you do with an Apple //? & microwaves

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <33cec478.2647115@167.152.149.11>,
Edhel Iaur, Esq. <LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Before, my reason was Tradition

   Apple IIs are nice and fun machines to work on; they don't try and
paranoidly hide the guts from you like Mac or Windoze. [Linux and
other un*xs with full source have taken over that slot for stuff
nowadays; you can totally control how things work] 

>I want to bring my PC AND my GS to college.  However, a college tour
>guide told me that the dorms "weren't wired for [microwave ovens]".
>Does this mean that there aren't enough watts coming to my room, so
>700W of computer equipment would fail, too, or do microwave ovens use
>electricity in a special way?

   Probably some combination of not enough wattage (especially
short-term wattage, as microwaves go on needing 700W *now*, rather
than the more continuous flow for other applicances), possible fire
hazards, and pressure from the normally-atrocious food service to cut
down on competition.

Nathan Mates

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