Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!kevvy@AMSAA.ARPA From: kevvy@AMSAA.ARPA (RAMD-SUM) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Times have changed at Apple Computer ... Message-ID: <692@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 13:45:44 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.692 Posted: Wed Aug 14 13:45:44 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 06:00:48 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 18 >From the Apple IIe Owner's Manual, page 115: > >"About Kids and Computers: Most kids are fearless about computers > and think nothing of popping the top off of the Apple IIe and > rearranging the circuitry just to see what will happen. To discourage > these overzealous hackers, there are screw holes on the Apple IIe > cover so classroom computers can be bolted shut." now how can one expect young electrical engineers to have stories to tell if they can't have the experience of moving the disk controller card around with the power on and watching the tops blow off the PROMs? it's enough to make a hacker cry... kevin%udccvax1@louie