[geeks] Apple vs. Sun

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> > Does anyone else remember those Apple adverts way back in the early very
> > late 1970's, IIRC, with the crisped Apple ][?  They claimed it was still
> > functional (all but the keyboard), though it had been through a fire and
> > had even dropped through the floor into the basement or some such.... :-)
>
> I remember an Okidata Microline (82? 92? 93? etc) printer ad.
>
> Said printer had either been through a at an Oklahoma auto repair
> shop.  After it dried out, after being submerged for *days*, it worked
> fine.
>
> Okidata bought it from the guy, gave him a brand new one, and used the
> soggy one in their magazine ads for a while.

One of my favorite printers is the Okidata ML395C.  Built like a tank, and
prints at completely ridiculous speeds.  In color, too.

Peace...  Sridhar