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Re: [LUG] Sad encounter

 

On 24/09/12 17:03, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:39:00 +0100
> Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Neil,
>
>> So I explained a bit more and he said 'but you can't use the internet of
>> course or send emails'

Maybe because people think the big blue e IS the internet,

Paul
>
> I used to get something similar when I ran an Amiga. Even from people
> that used to use the same 8-bit machines I did. "Why not?" I would ask
> "It's just software". This was at a time when 99% of people still used
> modems for any form of online access. Things changed has people moved
> to always on systems, and an ethernet port was required. The Amiga
> hardware hackers soon caught up though.
>
>
>


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