Too much college? (was: Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Dec 31 15:38:38 2001

Yes, but even Edison wouldn't have spelled "technician" the way you did.
Did they have spell-checkers on Apples?

>From what I've read, Edison wasn't a technician, either, but, rather, was a
manager type. He had the wisdom to see a good idea, though he clearly
goofed with his take on electric power transmission.

Dick

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From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Too much college? (was: Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer
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> At 11:05 AM 12/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >OB_CC: That makes the old Apple ad exceptionally out of line. Apple's
ad
> >said that if Edison were to have had an Apple, he could have simulated
> >everything, instead of actually having to try things out in his
> >workshop. Would he?
>
> Edison was much more a technition than an inventor. He took other peoples
> unique ideas and made working units.
>
>
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