Upon the date 10:31 PM 5/20/99 +0100, Tony Duell said something like:
>[How to fix the most common Mac+ fault]
>
>> I had no intentions to fix the thing myself. This is a "Mac-free Zone" ;)
>
>Sure. However (and this will also apply to the next paragraph] I tend to
>regard this list as a 'broadcast' rather than a 1-to-1 channel. Therefore
>I was providing info not only for you if you wanted to keep the machine
>but also so you could fix it for Paul if he wants it fixed, or for a list
>member who gets this machine, or for a list member who happens to have a
>Mac+ with a similar fault.
Indeed that's the exact reason I said in the same paragraph that if one of
the list members does get the machine then they should save your msg to
help them check and repair the unit.
>
>Incidentally, I also _used_ to have a Mac-free zone. Then some kind
>person gave me a couple of Mac+ machines with scanning probles (you
>guessed it, dry joints. The local dealer had said they were beyond
>repair...). And then somebody else was throwing out an LC....
I dare say that someday this may be true for me. At present, Macintosh
machines of many types are as relatively common as house flies as Allison
correctly puts it. When I cull out the collection(s) and can devote time to
concentrate on learning about the Mac world I think I would pursue getting
a system or two. Yes, this is a chance for me now if I take Paul's (if
nobody has already) but I actually have a real serious space problem around
here now and *must* start getting rid of some stuff. You'll see some of the
computer-related items offered here.
>Anyhow, you do say above that you're not a Mac person. So, presumably you
>don't know the 'stock faults'...
Not with the Macs. I really don't see or hear of that many Macintosh users
around this town. That seems to correlate with the 10% to 15% of the
computers (in USA) having been Apple products. It's somewhat less now as
cheap PeeCees are upon us and folks, like my friend Paul and his wife for
example, have gone over to the Wintel side (to the Dark Side ;).
Frankly, I prefer the Motorola CPU architecture over what Intel came out
with. Hence my anxious anticipation to hack on my DEC systems and work with
my Motorola VMEbus systems (68k-based running OS-9/68k). However, the sheer
numbers of Wintel machines which populated the planet because of IBM's
marketing (and mktg of M$ and Lotus and etc. too) seemed to trample the
poor old Mac when it came out.
Apple didn't help their case by being so protective of their system (no
cloning allowed except for a short period) and keeping prices up higher
than equivalent PeeCee systems. This has been discussed before here I
think. I don't need to do much bit twiddling at the hardware level, so I
became just a lemming heading over the cliff with the rest of the Wintel
bunch because of the relatively cheap applications and very many choices of
hardware and third-party accessories.
Regards, Chris
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Received on Thu May 20 1999 - 19:06:13 BST