[Duo2400] Re: [Duo2400]

[Richard Adams]

Once again, we see common ground in the Mac and PC businesses - newless 
clewbies are everywhere! (Although there are certainly a disproportionate 
number of them where I work - and that's saying something!)

Ciao,

The Winfidel


>From: Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "Duo/2400 List" <DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "Duo/2400 List" <DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: [Duo2400] Re: [Duo2400]
>Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:27:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Richard Adams <duo280 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Well met, kindred spirit! I am also in the oppressed
> > minority that loathes
> > the dreaded trackpad! I also prefer the
> > point-stick/eraserhead over all, and
> > find the trackball quite acceptable. Trackpad Bad!
>
>I was in an Apple Store (not an Apple Apple Store)
>the other day and on display was a brand new G4
>PowerBook. Its trackpad surface was coming loose from
>the case! Tsk, shoddy adhesive?
>
>To make matters worse, the salesgeek (dressed all in
>white with a turtleneck sweater, tiny goatee and pony
>tail hair) was utterly clueless about OLD Macs,
>especially Duos, and insisted there was no such thing
>as the 29/30 pin PowerBook SCSI connector. To prove
>it he showed me a newer PowerBook with a SCSI
>connector
>about 1/2 the height of the familiar 29/30 pin style.
>
>Sensing that I was in the presence of a person without
>a clue and no interest in obtaining one, I beat a
>retreat from the store and have no plans to venture
>there again.
>
>=====
>"When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle 
>always wins." Hiro Protagonist
>
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