NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/hardware/16599

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From: [e-mail] (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac 512
Keywords: parts
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Date: 5 Sep 92 16:28:23 GMT
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Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>A Mac 512 is good for parts for a Mac Plus.  They both use the same power
>supply.  Beyond that I don't think there is much else.

Nonsense.  The 512 is still runs all the applications it used to.  You can
run MS File, MacPaint, MacWrite, MultiPlan, MS Word 1.0 and lots of other
programs.  With the "Hard Disk 20" file in your System Folder it can use
an 800K external floppy.  True, none of these are "state of the art" and
it won't satisfy many users' needs, but it would be perfectly acceptable for
a K-12 student or someone that just wants to do basic word processing and
spreadsheets.  For the right price (certainly no more than $200) it might
make a nice present for a child that does not have a computer.

Why do some people insist that anything less than state of the art is
useless?  I guess it's just another sign of our "throw-it-away" society...

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