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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Minimal configuration (was Re: Computer for the rest of us?)
Message-ID: <10330043@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 88 21:57:32 GMT
References: <28433@think.UUCP>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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>>To my mind, the minimal Macintosh is a Mac Plus with a single floppy. It
>>just depends on what you want to use the Mac for. 
>
>That's a bit bare, unless by "single floppy" you mean single EXTERNAL
>floppy.  Have you ever tried to run Installer on a single-floppy
>system?  Maybe you don't mind swapping disks every second for an hour,
>but "the rest of us" do.  And there are many popular applications that
>don't have room for the System on the application disk.

I'll stand by what I said. Granted, an external floppy would be real
nice. All I'm saying is that useful work can (and is!) being done
without all the fancy trappings some people seem to think are "neccessary".

Remember, some people can get along just fine without the newest systems.

(That said, I'll agree - an external floppy is so cheap that there is
no real good reason not to have one...)

Bob Hablutzel		BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU