I don't know if others have remarked on this or not, but if you are
just getting into computing and don't mind having equipment that is ten
years old, then this is indeed the era of the free or near-free
computer. If a person is the least bit attentive to the social
environment around him/her, it is becoming almost a lead pipe cinch to
intercept old Macintosh computers as they sail by on their way to the
dumpster. I for one am enjoying the trend, although I admit to
salivating mightily when I read about the high-end iMacs and G4's. I
enjoyed this post, Tim, with its sense of a place for everything and
everything in its place. My own room is a kind of tangled everglades of
everything including six computers (four of which were cast offs.)
Regards, John.
Tim Collier wrote:
>
> All this time that I've been playing around with 68K Macs, I didn't know
> that I was really a PowerPC person! I just bought a PowerPC 7200 90
> mHz...what a difference!
> It came with 32 RAM and 2 VRAM...I've already bought it another 32 and I am
> seriously thinking of getting the Sonnet G3 400 mHz card with the money that
> George Bush is going to send me.
> Unfortunately, I moved my Quadra 950 into the corner of shame and it might
> even be put "in the other room". My Macintosh Classic sits like a lamp in
> my Florida Room (Family Room for all you people who don't live in Florida),
> my LC III occupies a place on the counter in the kitchen, and my IIsi is
> sitting in a hall closet. My new PowerPC sits in the office with my two
> PC's and is permitted to use the network!
> But, I think my Quadra 950 will always occupy a special place in my heart
> due to it's shere bulk...it really was some piece of work for 1992!
> I know that this post has no real significance to the list....just sharing
> my thoughts. Oh, the best thing of all, I only spent $35.00 on my 7200. I
> paid nearly $100 for the Quadra 950!
>
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