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Christmas 1984: The Great Apple//c vs. PCjr Battle
- Subject: Christmas 1984: The Great Apple//c vs. PCjr Battle
- From: Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:04:53 +1300
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ihug ( New Zealand )
- References: <3E0782AB.7090006@es.co.nz>
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I wrote:
History/Nostalgia alert:
There's an interesting item on Charles Eicher's site about selling home
computers during the 1984 Christmas shopping season.
http://ceicher.homeunix.com/archives/2002_12_23.html
Apologies for the lack of subject, it was supposed to be "Christmas
1984: The Great Apple //c vs. PCjr Battle".
If it doesn't show up this time, I'm going to have to keep looking for a
decent newsreader.
--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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Eddie: Not sprouts! I hate sprouts :-(
Richie: Oh will you stop whinging Eddie, nobody likes sprouts.
Eddie: Then why are we having them then?
Richie: Because it's Christmas!
"Bottom" by Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall