Re: IIc anniversary noted on CNN

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Albert D. Kallal" <kallal@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1TVqa.47223$ya.1411197@news1.calgary.shaw.ca...
> I owned a Model 100. (and also a apple II+).
>
> It is amazing how many journalists did use the model 100, even long after
> they were retired. Many journalists still preferred that model 100 for
years
> after notebooks became available.
>

I have one in my collection- definitely cool.  I used the built in terminal
prog to connect to my internet shell acct!   The screen isn't wide enough to
show the full width necessary to do much, though.

One interesting factoid- Bill Gates did some of the programming for the
firmware.  Apparently it was the last programming he did.  I have the text
of an interview with him where he talks about it.


> However, I think perhaps cnn meant the first portable Apple? After all,
the
> //c did not have its own screen?
>

Who knows. It sure makes you wonder about the accuracy of the news.  I often
read about something I saw, or know a lot about, and think "that's not what
happened."
-Paul.