> From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> >See EVERYONE starts out as a newbie at some point...:-) > >It was about 6 months later that I got my own first Mac, proudly paying $850 >for a demo model Mac Plus at a computer store closeout sale, incidentally >racking up my very first bit of credit card debt as well...ended up getting a >add-on 800K external floppy some months later, then the harrowing and >forbidden ordeals of cracking the case and upgrading it, first to 2.5 MB >(clipping those resistor leads were literally more nerve-wracking than >anything I've done since, including my wedding day.)
Ahh, you bring back old memories. For me it was clipping the resistor on a Mac SE. I was literally sweating bullets and feared a sweat drop would find its way to the motherboard and destroy the board. Worse, a year so latter I had to solder the clipped resistor back to the board for a processor or some other upgrade. Of course all this happens in the summer with the temp at 90 F. We all learn, now swapping out a processor or motherboard on my G4's seems so much less stressful. Thanks for the memories. -- glen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
