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Re: Apple IIe TCP-IP w/ LANceGS Card
"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@desnoyers.org> wrote in message news:Pine.OSX.4.58.0312241226151.289@macintosh.local...
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: On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Rob Steinmetz wrote:
: > > the IIe provided fewer distractions. This is a sentiment I
: > > have seen expressed by others.
: >
: > In what way? Is is the less cluttered, simple interface? or the
: > fact that you don't have any games for your IIe? I could achieve
: > a similar interface very easily on most computers simply by
: > using the command line interface, and use one frequently.
:
: It depends upon the person. Quite often, people are more productive
: after removing the games from their computer -- or having somebody
: remove the games for them.
:
: Your point about command line environments is an interesting one,
: but there are many differences between them. The modern Unix shell
: provides many more features than "comparable" environments on the
: Apple II, such as GNO or Orca shell. This implies that modern Unix
: environments are more distracting. Alternatively, GS/OS and earlier
: versions of Mac OS provide fewer distractions since feature bloat
: was not as much of an issue back then.
:
: I've also found that the lack of multitasking provides an excellent
: token barrier. I'm more likely to remain focused if switching tasks
: will create more work!
:
: Yes, this is a self-discipline issue. I think that Gareth Jones
: summed it up nicely in the context of writing:
:
: I'm sure that we all know people who never complete a writing
: project because they may write a paragraph, sentence, or word,
: look at it, replace it, look at it again ... People like this
: need the discipline of actually completing the writing before
: they go back to improve it.
:
: Even though self-discipline is a great concept, I would rather have
: tools which don't provide temptation. (BTW, Gareth Jones' website
: has lots of Apple II stuff :-)
Looked up Gareth Jones with Google and got a mere
275,000 hits. Can you provide us with a link, please?
Thanks,
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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