In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick Chagouri-Brindle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>extdgl42 wrote: >> As an example of variety, I'll mention my confuser (computer :-) >>room: Three Macs (two of them laptops), two PCs (One 733, the other >>133[!], a custom build long ago), and several QLs (many still in >>styrofoam boxes; one somewhat working). Yes, internet connectivity for >>four of the above. All as old as about 1999 or farther back, with OS's >>as old as 98SE or QDOS, or as recent as SuSE 10.x and Mac OS 10.3 . >>The Macs e.g. have been an education. >> >> >I think exposing the younger generation to earlier machines is a >wonderful way of reigniting waning enthusiasm. My nephews thoroughly >enjoy playing on the earlier micros, and they love the QL in particular >. . . it just looks so cool (in their words). I will remember to mention that to the ex-Sinclair industrial designer, who became a friend of mine. There is a link on my web site to his current activities, as well as his "old" designs for Sinclair. http:\\www.mcad.demon.co.uk/lquan.htm The link is at the bottom of the page. >> "My life? What life? I have no life. O insuportable! O heavy >>hour!"--Apologies to Messrs. Bill the Bard and Othello. >> >> Actually, I _do_ have a life outside computers. >> >> Doug L. 37830 -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
