[the_old_crowd] Re: Retro-game (OT)

[Constance Vigilance]

Rebecca Bowen <dontask2much at ...> wrote:    Rebecca, chortling:

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As far as the Mac vs PC argument, they both have disadvantages - but I'd 
take a PC myself.  
   
  CV, now:
   
  Me, too. My bad Mac experience was a police department where we standardized on Macs networked to a hosting minicomputer with our police data (it happened to be a Vax). We were part of a neighborhood network (sneaker-net type) of police sharing data. My assignment was to get the data off our VAX and send it to the master computer. Problem. I could see the data on my Mac. But whenever I clicked on the icon (a requirement since there is no such thing as a command line), it would start up our VAX-to-Mac interface protocol. I could not figure out how to get to the raw data. I called Apple and they sent over a specialist. I pointed to the data and handed him a floppy. Put this data on this floppy, please. He futzed around for a half hour or so and then said, sorry. Not possible. See ya!
   
  No love for Macs here. They made a fool of us in investigations. The police force eventually booted the Mac network and installed Microsoft.
   
  CV


		
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