Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Apple Is Becoming Dependent On Linux, Too Date: 7 Apr 2026 02:35:53 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10qui03$1m4ih$1@dont-email.me> <10quqe1$1ogt4$1@dont-email.me> <10qvuu1$h33f$1@news1.tnib.de> <10r00n2$214vj$2@dont-email.me> <10r1ab6$2du2f$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JyrBWDXk+JLh/57q7q2jwAQqQwpUgJEj74OOaQLWDL/+ppW3qw Cancel-Lock: sha1:ahwH9FUNk3COzyk5Ds/YPEPXBbU= sha256:hB30Cvopj4h7i5aVx7UPR8ra4RjL4w7JpfV9GoPMSeY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85486 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:144285 On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 14:59:00 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > We had the Amiga system manuals in the Public Library. > Still the people with disposable income went to MacOS on the appliance > styled MacIntoshes and stayed there. I did not have much disposable > income but when Pacific Stereo of blessed memory had a sale on C=64s I > got one and a 1541 5.25" > floppy disk drive. I never did anything with the C64, just the PET. The PETs claim to fame was its HPIB (IEEE-488) buss, If you wanted to gather process information from HP instrumentation you could buy a $3000 HP computer* -- or a PET. Sprague Electric chose PETs. Besides the techs could play games on a PET and I doubt the HPs were very good for that. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Series_80 Seems there was a game pack available. Must have been thrilling on the 85B.