Re: Results of "For the fun of it"

[carbide@egine.com]

Michael Black wrote:
>
> Yes, people who bought Apples a few years later as an appliance likely
> have no special memories of those days, at least not enough to want to
> have one now.  They wanted the end use, and when they could get something
> better they got it, and the Apple II to them is as stale as their first
> IBM XT or whatever (and that sort of person may have gone through
> quite a few computers over the decades, as they kept upgrading to keep
> the appliance current).
>

I agree. I don't have any fond memories of doing spreadsheets or word
processing on any particular platform. What I remember fondly is
playing games. Maybe that's why the grups are gone and the young 'uns
are over represented. 
-Paul