Subj : Re: Complaint
To   : Roger Nelson
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Thu Mar 28 2019 08:26 pm

RN> Eons ago, when I was president of our local computer club, which
RN> consisted of just anout every available computer at the time (late 80s,
RN> early 90s), it was ALWAYS the Apple users who thought theirs were the
RN> best. I had, and was laughed at, an IBM PC jr, with two floppy drives and

I remember those times pretty well.  There were far more hardware options for 
personal computers along with operating systems to go along with them.

The computer crowd that I was around back in that era didn't care as much what 
type of system being used.  Very diverse systems at the time - you name it - I 
knew someone with it.

I started with a Commodore Vic-20 (which I won in a Mother's Day essay contest 
when I was 11 years old).  It sat in my closet for months before I even decided 
to check it out.  I had no interest in computers before winning it.  One rainy 
day I broke it out of the box and toyed around with it.  The rest was history.

About a year or two later, I bought an Apple //c brand new for $1000.  I had 
several Apple systems until I was around 17 years old and sold all of the 
Apples and purchased a monster tower 286-12 system for $2000.  I sold (2) Apple 
//c systems and a //gs.  I never forgave Apple for dumping the // line.

Went from 286 to 386, 486, Pentium, etc..etc..  Bottom line is they are all 
technology and do cool things.  That is what I enjoy..

- Mark

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