] Personally, when the PC revolution got underway, I bought
] an Apple IIe soon after its introduction. VisiCalc caught
] my eye. As did Flight Simulator, and going online with a
] 300-baud modem to local computer bulletin boards. But
] when it came to writing -- in those days, three drafts of
] a first novel -- I would not abandon my trusty Hermes
] portable typewriter. The Apple would not tempt me to some
] writing Eden. The complexity of computers, I sensed,
] could only sap the creative process.