Re: World-wide 8-bit computer sales (all-time)?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

In <8TydnVmUt7nuY5-iXTWc-w@speakeasy.net> Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article <1fxbkku.ve14pc6tpffoN%email@luddite.ca>,
> Simon Williams <email@luddite.ca> wrote:
>>Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>>
>>> Which is why you should never get some models of the Apple Macintosh:
>>> a CRT display as well as a floppy and a harddisk inside the same
>>> cover..... *shudder*.....
>> 
>>Never thought of that... is it an actual issue, or just a percieved 
>>one? I can't see it being that much different than say a DuoDisk with 
>>a monitor stacked on top... 
> 
> Percieved.

Perceived.

The old toaster Macs did have a warning about placing an external floppy 
drive on top of the computer, or on a stand beside it at the same level 
as the monitor. The internal drives were never a problem of course, 
since the designers _knew_ where they would be.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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