Re: I'm leaving this newsgroup :-(

From: Sam Goldwasser (sam_at_saul.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: 12 Feb 2005 08:46:43 -0500

"Asimov" <Asimov@-removethis-bbs.juxtaposition.dynip.com> writes:

> "Franc Zabkar" bravely wrote to "All" (12 Feb 05 11:42:10)
> --- on the heady topic of "Re: I'm leaving this newsgroup :-("
>
> FZ> From: Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au>
> FZ> Xref: aeinews sci.electronics.repair:10274
>
> FZ> Pretentiousness is the character flaw I despise the most, probably
> FZ> because I see it as the precursor to more serious failings. I try to
> FZ> ignore these people, but sometimes I'm compelled to retaliate.
>
> Well, the only people I've ever personally witnessed using all caps
> were either too rich to need to know how to write or someone who
> couldn't afford the Apple II upper case 80 column upgrade. Now I'm
> travelling back memory lane.
>
> BTW "upper case" used to mean small letters. It was a confusing time!

My Apple II+ has that jumper. :)

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