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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:06:35 -0500, -hh wrote:   
      
   > On 12/16/25 21:17, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:50:48 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The Apple ][ was built better than the plastic competition, I'll give   
   >>> you that much. Nevertheless, it was capable of much less than even   
   >>> Atari's machines.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know how much the demographic has changed but in the Apple II   
   >> era I associated Apples with desktop publishing and other artsy stuff.   
   >> If you wanted to do something like keep books for your small business   
   >> you bought a CP/M box.   
   >   
   > hmm...   
   >   
   > One of the first times I ever saw a ][ was in a business office setting,   
   > and they were trying out what we now call a 'spreadsheet'.  Circa 1980.   
      
   I've had very limited exposure to business offices.   
      
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