> From: John McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Quadlist)
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:32:56 +0000
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Quadlist)
> Subject: Re: I saw the light
>
> 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.
Here, here! to both of you,
Dana
>
> 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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