3 Jun
1997
3 Jun
'97
5:23 p.m.
On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Jim wrote:
The weird part isn't objective though. Part of me
is rejoicing at the idea of
this little throwback to the early 80s. I got a little piece of the excitement
I had unpacking my 64 the first time unpacking the Tiger. And seeing it abuse
my TV into pretending to be a computer monitor, even though it is a little
fuzzy, made me smile. This, for me is how computing was. Part of me sits and
scoffs at the tiger - and my '64 for that matter - when in the next room I have
a lan full of reasonably modern PCs with orders of magnitude more power. Even
my quasi-classic GS is head and shoulders above the tiger as a computer. But
the tiger has something none of my other machines do. I'm not sure what, to
be honest, maybe just nostalgia, maybe not.
I think its the fact that it has two slots and carthridges, which no
apple ever had. The apple was not a carthridge machine, it was a slot
machine (er, not Las Vegas style).
Anyway, I'm keeping it. Even if I do keep
expecting the flip top to have a
screen in it. (at least it comes off. :)
Thanks for a good article. I can't wait to get mine. And just think,
you don't have to wait 10 years for it to become a classic. Since its
based on the Apple //e, its kinda already a classic. Its a paradox or
something.
Sam
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