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Re: Quality

Herbert Fung (herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca) wrote:
: Previously anonnymouse@tropical.org (Anonnymouse) wrote:
:  
: >Hey Apple-heads,
: >
: >         You suck!  Buy a real computer.  I had an apple once, after I
: >first saw an IBM, i threw the fucking thing out the window.  They suck!
: >Those old pieces of shit can't compare to any IBM even the 286's.
: >
: >HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-LOSERS-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAH-HAH!!
:  
: This guy must have alot of things outside of his window. I on other hand
: can't afford to buy every new computer/platform and accompying software
: and peripherals/books. Not to mention that it isn't very enviornmentally
: friendly.
:  

(actually quoting Herbert 'cuz I never saw the original...the news server
here went belly-up over the week-end).

Interesting, in the Apple ][e Technical Reference Manual, there is a
section which talks about caring for your computer.  The interesting thing
is the paragraph which says something like...

"Of course you should protect it from physical violence such as hammer
blows or defenestration..."

I ran to the dictionary and discovered this is exactly what the
real-life-less jerk double-quoted above was talking about.  Now I guessI
know why it is in there!

(Although...real life story time...I dropped a ][e off a 7' high cart
once.  This was the CPU unit only, with a disk controller and an 80-column
board inside; it was on its way to get two keyswitches replaced.  It fell
(SPLAT) to the tile floor.  The boards went flying, the keycaps went
everywhere.  I tracked down all the AWOL keycaps, and didn't bother to
realign the bar under the space bar since it was going in for keyboard
repair anyway.  When the thing returned, the keyswitches in the original
repair order were the only problems noted after a complete physical. 
Don't try this with an ImageWriter II, though...a 2.5' fall killed that one!)

[years ago, I was on the equipment crew for a community computer literacy
program and we moved hundreds of ][e's around the city!]
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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