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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