Re: Rewriting computing history...

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3E01C5CB.3080509@noneofyourbusiness.com>,
Exegete  <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:
 
>> I guess "couldn't afford" is a relative term, which perhaps should
>> be replaced with "wasn't willing to pay for what you got".  If you
>> absolutely desperately needed the TSR-80, or the Timex-Sinclair 1000,
>> you'd probably find a way to get the money needed to get them, but
>> then you'd have to refrain from buying something else instead.  It's
>> a matter of priorities.
>
> That's true. My wife had this perverse idea that we still had to feed 
> the kids and clothe them.
> 
> However, I'm very suspect of any statement that starts off with "The 
> average person..." since what it really means is "people like me," 
> rather that something based on a statistical analysis.
 
That doesn't apply in this case, since I did buy some of these
machines the "average person" wouldn't afford....
 
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