Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Subject	Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus
Date	2014-10-26 13:57 -0400
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2014, D Finnigan wrote:

> On 10/26/14 11:07 AM, The Wizard wrote:
>> It's not even April 1st
>> 
>
> Mr. Croft had read my book and contacted me by email earlier this week. In 
> the email, he stated that the owner of the Apple did not believe it was 
> broken, but was looking for someone who could help to fix it if indeed it 
> was. I was the one who suggested that he post to this newsgroup.
>
I was thinking it's being used in some specialty application, now legacy, 
so they are stuck with the Apple II to keep things running.  There was a 
time when small computers were used as dedicated controllers, and in the 
end, it was easier to buy a new used computer to keep things going rather 
than adapt to a new computer or redo the whole thing.  Whatever it's 
controlling is probably legacy stuff too.  If they didnt' know the state 
of the APple II, they might think "repair" was the option, rather than 
replace.  Or, they need help with the specific hardware or software that 
makes this unique.

   Michael

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Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus ken.croft@gmail.com - 2014-10-24 15:47 -0700
  Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus Mike Spurgeon <mike@mikespurgeon.com> - 2014-10-24 19:58 -0700
  Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2014-10-25 00:43 -0500
    Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus ken.croft@gmail.com - 2014-10-27 07:42 -0700
  Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus The Wizard <TheWizard@unknown.net> - 2014-10-26 12:07 -0400
    Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2014-10-26 12:30 -0500
      Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-26 13:57 -0400
        Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus epc8@juno.com - 2014-10-27 08:10 -0700
    Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 16:42 -0600
      Re: Looking for a tech to work on an Apple II plus ken.croft@gmail.com - 2014-10-27 07:34 -0700

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