Re: NTSC stops to exist on Apple //e?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Warren Ernst wrote:
> Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >    What if NTSC monitor and television become obsolete?  The manufacturer
> > stops making NTSC.  It is going to replace HDTV.  How can we overcome NTSC
> > problem?  The answer is to use VGA monitor.
>
>
> Bryan,
>
> Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but let me use your words for
> another set of statements:
>
> "Hey guys, what if the Apple II becomes obsolete? Apple stops making
> Apple II's. How can we overcome the Apple II problem?"
>
> Needless to say, we overcome the Apple II being obsolete by sticking
> together and taking advantage of the fact that Apple made One Jillion
> Apple II computers that nobody else places much value on.
>
> NTSC monitors will be the same thing: though obsolete, an unimaginable
> amount have been built over the decades, and by users sticking
> together, we'll probably have access to them for the remainder of our
> lives. 

I'm glad you said that, Warren--I was biting my typing fingers.  ;-)

I suppose it's to be expected that folks still entranced by the Apple II
would be dreamers and a bit impractical, but there are few enough of us
left that we should try to avoid being distracted by imagined problems.

-michael

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