Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : claw
From : Spectre
Date : Sun Apr 24 2022 09:10:00

 cl> me. I wish it was more but it wasn't long after that I got an Apple IIc.
 cl> Played around what that for hours on end making my own basic programs and
 cl> playing the occasional game.  Never got to use it with a modem.  Then

You didn't miss a lot by not having a modem for a IIc. They had the dodgiest
serial ports of any II. 5 pin din connectors, incomplete handshaking, no
carrier detect. And at least on the early ones limited speed, but you'd
probably only have needed 2400 back then.  :)

 cl> and once I did never looked back at apple again.  My main computer was a
 cl> 486SX20 with 8MB ram (upgraded) and a 170MB drive.  I was the super kid on
 cl> the block with that much space.  I actually got the 386 after this from a

Whee... PC's especially clones offered far better bang for your buck than the
premium Apple still charged for IIs which people still bought because they
had such a presence in schools.  It was cheaper to buy a second hand 286 when
I got it, than to buy a SCSI card for the IIgs :/

Spec


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