Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: S. Johnson
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 03:45

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hotelca@cris.com (Hotel California) wrote:
>In article <danpop.807196205@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
> 
>> So, instead of logging in via the modem, to fix the problem in a pinch,
>> you need a dumb user in front of the Mac to whom you have to explain what
>> to do, step by step, and receive any feedback from his mouth and not from
>> the system.  Great, isn't it?
>
>If the computer doen't work, how're you going to log into it? Besides, Mac
>problems are just easier to fix than Unix problems.
>

Exactly, not to mention that with Timbuktu one can control a remote Mac as if you were using its keyboard and mouse.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
Date: 3 Aug 1995 03:45:28 GMT
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