> >I've been asked what is required to make MAC's (Plus, SE, CI, FX) from
> >North America run in Africa.
> >
> >I took a quick looked at a few of mine and didn't notice a switch on the
> >back of the powe supply like some of the older PC's had.
> >
> >Is the costs worth the cost of shipping?
>
> Many early macs were world machines, just use a cable with the
> correction plug for that country and the mac worked fine without
> diddling any switches or anything. Here is a link to the Apple Spec
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112170
>
> Something I tell people about older computers, anything is SO much
> better than nothing.
AMEN, brother !! I find so many people rationalizing their fear of computers
by saying they'll get one when they can save up enough to afford the latest
gee-whiz whiz-bang model. Of course the marketeers play the tune that only
the newest are capable of the marvels of "modern" computing and games, as
displayed on TV about the marvellous wonders of the "computer age". I am a
bit of a computer evangelist up here in the boonies of western Canada. The
depopulation of the prairies by agribusiness and the death of the family farm
has resulted in the children going to work in the cities and the older folk
staying behind . So the dying towns have a disproportionate number of
seniors. Computers could make their lives easier but they're a hard sell. I
read an an article that claimed the major computer companies in the 80s,
finding that the main opposition to change came from senior managers,
targeted their advertising(propaganda) at the younger market. As a result
there is likely a bigger generational gap than that between "rockand roll" and
"swing".
And of course the younger generation (as always) views anything that isn't
on the "bleeding edge" of anything, as unworthy or useless.
Lawrence
lgwalker_at_mts.net
bigwalk_ca_at_yahoo.com
Received on Tue Oct 29 2002 - 20:53:01 GMT