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   TID: WWIVTOSS v. 1.52    
   RN> Eons ago, when I was president of our local computer club, which   
   RN> consisted of just anout every available computer at the time (late 80s,   
   RN> early 90s), it was ALWAYS the Apple users who thought theirs were the   
   RN> best. I had, and was laughed at, an IBM PC jr, with two floppy drives and   
      
   I remember those times pretty well.  There were far more hardware options for   
   personal computers along with operating systems to go along with them.   
      
   The computer crowd that I was around back in that era didn't care as much what   
   type of system being used.  Very diverse systems at the time - you name it - I   
   knew someone with it.   
      
   I started with a Commodore Vic-20 (which I won in a Mother's Day essay contest   
   when I was 11 years old).  It sat in my closet for months before I even   
   decided to check it out.  I had no interest in computers before winning it.    
   One rainy day I broke it out of the box and toyed around with it.  The rest   
   was history.   
      
   About a year or two later, I bought an Apple //c brand new for $1000.  I had   
   several Apple systems until I was around 17 years old and sold all of the   
   Apples and purchased a monster tower 286-12 system for $2000.  I sold (2)   
   Apple //c systems and a //gs.  I never forgave Apple for dumping the // line.   
      
   Went from 286 to 386, 486, Pentium, etc..etc..  Bottom line is they are all   
   technology and do cool things.  That is what I enjoy..   
      
   - Mark   
      
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