Re: Apple Computers-collector's items?

[jreiter@comet.net (Jordan Reiter)]

In article <gabrielr-0908960933160001@ts17-5.wla.ts.ucla.edu>,
gabrielr@ucla.edu (Gabriel Rossman) wrote:

>In article <4ud8c3$sk5@Venus.mcs.com>, ckolar@mail.aocn.aurora.edu
>(Christopher Kolar) wrote:
>
>> 
>> You would probably be surprised if you went and visited your local schools.
>>   Of the 66 that I deal with I would say that about 35 have functioning
>>   Apple II+ or IIe labs that they use every day.  It says a lot about
>>   the durability of those old machines (and a lot of other things as well).
>> 
>what really blows my mind is that apple didn't discontinue the worthless
>things until c. 93. It saddened me that schools would by more obsolete
>technology when they could get a less obsolete mac color classic w/ a IIe
>compatability card for the same price.
This posts sound as if you are working for Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat.  What you
have posted here is pretty much flamebait.  There's a reason why the
phrase "it doesn't matter what you use as long as you get the job done"
applies to Apple II's: they are reliable tools for education offering many
of the benefits of much newer computers will retaining their simplicity. I
for one would think parents would prefer the technology that brought us
Print Shop and Oregon Trail over the one that brought Doom and porn www
sites. 

Just my 2 drachmas,

Toby Reiter

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