On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:05, Paul Tansom wrote: > Be careful, it can be very bad for causing distraction, and if you are > of the right (or wrong?) inclination it can be bad for the bank balance > too. I've spent far too long exchanging emails with some retro computer > collectors - things almost seemed more fun back then. Windows has no > soul and if you are not careful it can feel as though that's all there > is to computing. That's probably why I spend so much time trying to work > with Linux and have now collected a selection of older Macs - and am > likely to be getting one capable running OS X soon, which was the > initial goal!
None of mine are up to it, being all pre-G3 :-/ > The question is, have you spent time opening up an Amiga > and lovingly removed the battery to prevent damage from leakage, or > cleaned up the residue in an attempt to breath new life into the > machine?! Hmm, it's normally cars for me :^) Though I do have a (un)healthy collection of near-redundant hardware. :) > Anyway, getting OT and I ought to be breathing new life into an old > Cyrix MII/300 with a new CPU fan for a customer and then chasing up on > the Bondi Blue iMac I'm after - see, I knew it would get back on topic > :-) Wonderfully done ;-) - Richard -- www.affs.org.uk - Association For Free Software www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD! -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
