IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Wed Oct 3 06:40:57 2001

Glen Goodwin skrev:

>Tony, are you simply being obstinate here, or didn't you see the above
>reference to "common user?" Do you think "common users" -- not to be
>disrespectful to plain old computer users -- read BIOS listings???

>What I mean to say is: Suzy Six-pack, who ekes out a living typing up MS
>Word documents, doesn't know shit about the internals of the machine she
>uses.

But Glen, that's why there are Macs.
The very nature of the PC is that of strange "features" for backwards
compatibility. If you do get a PC, those features are a selling point.

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Received on Wed Oct 03 2001 - 06:40:57 BST

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