What fun from a Macintosh SE

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Aug 20 18:01:34 2004

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Aug 20, 2004, at 9:55 AM, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks, but I don't have the required long torx screwdriver and case
> >>>>cracker tool, and I am a little scared to crack open the case, mean
> >>>>evil
> >>>>nasty high voltages live in there. Besides I might bust something
> >>>>inside
> >>>>and that would be bad.
> >>>
> >>>What kind of crap attitude is that?
> >>
> >>What kind of crack is that Sellam.
> >
> >
> > It's a pretty defeastist and lazy message for this group. I'm just not
> > accustomed to people being too lazy to find the right tool, too scared to
> > open up a case, and too insecure to attempt any sort of inspection of a
> > computer.
>
> Looks to me like Ron's in the same shape. The SE *works*, as-is. If
> he wants to leave it in a working state till he can learn more about it,
> who are you to call him derogatory names?

Doc, this is a serious question: how come you always interpret what I say
to be an attack on a particular person rather than what it is? Please
point out in the message above where I am calling Ron "derogatory names".

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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