lol so glad you showed Matthew the good side. I wish I could help you. I'd be glad too if I lived closer. I'd love to show people the wonders of voiceover. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 2:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> > Hi, > > Matthew, one of my students has it saying "Yo Dude, ... Welcome" or > something. > > In case yall didn't know I'm a tech teacher in BC now. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 19-Apr-09, at 2:29 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine! >> right now it says the boring welcome to macintosh. voiceover is >> running. I need a cute greeting. lol. >> peace and positivity >> Jessi >> follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >> On 19-Apr-09, at 12:17 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote: >> >>> >>> VO restarts on my Mac once every few days, I'd say, but I kind of >>> find >>> it amusing. The volume doesn't change, but Alex greets me with >>> "What's up, dude?", and I love the way he says it. It's as if he's >>> just checking in on me hahaha. >>> Eliza >>> On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Tiffany D wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing >>>> this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up >>>> and >>>> VoiceOver will restart. Thanks for the info on the names. Btw, if >>>> you type in Apple II Forever in youtube you'll find a really cool >>>> video and then the one after it is kind of funny. It's a >>>> description >>>> of the first Apples but at the time it was made, the II C was >>>> modern, >>>> so you'll hear things like the mouse being new and the wave of the >>>> future and how the idea of putting in an external disk drive was >>>> new. >>>> There are other cool videos too. We should make a list for blind >>>> retrocomputer users. >>>> >>>> I really really wanna see if I can get on the net with my II GS and >>>> that program from APH. But I probably need a shell account (which >>>> I've always wanted) to do that and an Apple-compatible modem. >>>> Wonder >>>> if I can boot it up in the Macbook under VMware and find a way to >>>> convince it I'm on the net through dialup? I just wanna see how it >>>> reads pages. >>>> >>>> On 18/04/2009, Scott Bresnahan <b...@apple2.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> >>>>> I can't believe I am getting sucked into this. But System 7 was >>>>> code >>>>> named Big Bang. I know this because I referred to it as the big >>>>> bust, since I thought 6.07 was much better and 7 broke many font >>>>> and >>>>> text drawing routines in Mac apps and the foundations for true >>>>> type >>>>> fonts were laid down. >>>>> >>>>> Then as I recall things went music based, I definitely recall >>>>> Allegro, Harmony and Sonata in the 8.x roadmap. And Rhapsody, the >>>>> OS >>>>> that never came. >>>>> >>>>> Now, speaking of countless OS releases, I'm curious if people have >>>>> seen an increase crash rate under 10.5.x as x has been getting >>>>> higher. VoiceOver seems to be restarting several times a day now, >>>>> and I "feel" this is getting worse--or rather this seems like a >>>>> more >>>>> frequent thing lately. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone else feel this way? >>>>> >>>>> --Scott >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> At 4:40 PM -0700 4/18/09, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> They had no names as far as I remember. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mac OS 11.0 "Chocolate Lab" A.K.A. "Goldy" Maybe. >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, the computers at that time actually had nicknames, not the >>>>>> OS's. >>>>>> These Apple regarded as code names, moddel names if you will. >>>>>> >>>>>> OS X is as follows: >>>>>> >>>>>> Beta release (Unknown) >>>>>> 10.0 Puma >>>>>> 10.1 Cheetah >>>>>> 10.2 Jaguar >>>>>> 10.3 Panther >>>>>> 10.4 Tiger >>>>>> 10.5 Leopard >>>>>> 10.6 Snow Leopard >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Alex, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 12:59 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> haha wow! what was OS7 called? lol. I'm really curious about the >>>>>>> rest >>>>>>> of the OS's! like I know all OS10s are cat names, but what about >>>>>>> before? lol. >>>>>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 12:23 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>>> My first computer experiences was on a Mac Classic, i think it >>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>> called that ran os 7. I was one of the two, i think, in Sweden >>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>> ran >>>>>>>> Macs with Outspoken at that time. I absolutely loved that >>>>>>>> screen >>>>>>>> reader. >>>>>>>> /Krister >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 18 apr 2009 kl. 20.23 skrev Mark Baxter: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I went to college with an Apple 2C and an Echo Cricket which I >>>>>>>>> did >>>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>>> my papers on. This was 1986-90, and the whole Dartmouth >>>>>>>>> campus >>>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>>> wired for Macs. My roommate used to taunt me with the >>>>>>>>> "talking >>>>>>>>> moose," application on his Mac 640. I eventually had to trash >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> 2C >>>>>>>>> when its disk drive crashed and I couldn't get parts for it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mark BurningHawk >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>>>>>>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>>>>>>>> My home page: >>>>>>>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> --Scott >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
