How 2 avoid CompUSA envy?????????

[Darren johnson <rocketusa@delphi.com>]

I don't know why I do it.  I still look for Apple II stuff when I go to
malls--I'm drawn into computer stores.  Of course, they don't have anything.
It's very strange how the Apple II is blacklisted.
 
Went to a bookstore in the same mall.  856 books on PCs and Macs...Let's under-
estimate and say 1% of all computer USERS are Apple II guys and chicks.
Two or three books would be cool.  I even looked in Computer Buying guides--
The IBM 8088 PC is listed, but not a single Apple II.
 
I'm not retarded.  I don't EXPECT to see Apple II stuff anywhere commercially.
 
So I went to KB toys, which sells a lot of ancient software cheap.  They had
PC disks that were equivalent to "Pong"--that old--but nothing for a II.
A lot of the old PC boxes mentioned the IIe,c,gs, but only IBM disks were
enclosed.  But I wasn't really EXPECTING to see Apple II stuff.
 
I went into the Radio Shack, which still sells Apple II compatible joysticks,
then I went to another computer store.  Some lady asked the cleark if they
sold software for a IIe.  The clerk said try Sears.  I should have offered to
copy some stuff for her (after getting proper lisences, always), since I
heard her say:  I'm not going to buy this Apple if I can't find software for it.
 
But I thought about it:  If she's never owned an Apple II before, why should
I tempt her (like the snake in Eden) into this corrupted world?
I did check Sears, hoping, running...
 
DJ