Re: Interesting Vintage Website
On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: The only computer from Radio Shack that I remember was the Tandy Apple Clone ... Never knew they made others too??? A whole string...Tandy/Radio Shack were pretty big early players in the Personal Computer market. The very first one I ever had access to was a TRS-80 http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html that a room-mate got on loan to help a professor write a BASIC programming manual. We didn't even have a tape deck to store programs on, or a printer to print out the source for the ones we did do. It spent a couple months on our dining room table running a program that displayed a clock on the screen. This had to be around 1979-1980. I didn't get my own computer until '84, a used Apple ][+...used that for four years until I got my first Mac in 1988. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Interesting Vintage Website
I remember the Radio Shack TRS-80, otherwise known as trash-80. Played on it at store but never bought, I used a Commodore 64 at that time. On Oct 25, 1:52 am, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: The only computer from Radio Shack that I remember was the Tandy Apple Clone ... Never knew they made others too???-Original Message- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, JoeTaxpayer joetaxpaye...@gmail.comwrote: I remember the Radio Shack TRS-80, otherwise known as trash-80. Played on it at store but never bought, I used a Commodore 64 at that time. Lets see, in my life I have used Education settings 1) Apple ][e at my first HS and in my first college 2) TRS-80 at my second HS (in class) but it had an Apple ][e in the library. I forget which TRS-80 model but I remember it was Blue 3) This is more complex but here goes. Another college I attended had various Apple computers a) LCII in MY dorm room but others had LCII or comparable computers b) LC models in one computer lab, another lab had an SE/30, a Centris, a Quadra, various II models and I think the odd SE model. This lab had a few PCs too 4) Various PCs at my last college 5) At an elementary school I did a 1 week stint as a Temp (Janitor) they had an LC with the Apple ][e card in it. At home I have had: NOTE: Not sure if the ADAM or C=64 came first 1) An Atari 2600 (I coveted the KB that I saw in a few ads). I never got said KB 2) An ADAM Home Computer (from my Aunt). I still have it 3) A C=64 (from a friend). 1st one died and was sent in for repair. I still have #2 along with my 5.25 floppy drive (I may have more than one) 4) Mac Performa 405 with a StyleWriter II printer. This was for the family but when dad upgraded it went to my room. Yep, I still have it. 5) PowerMac 6100. At first this was Dad's toy but it became the family computer. It stayed with my parents till it died. Sent in for repairs it came back as something else (I forget the model but it was a MB swap) 6) Was gone when this happened but Mom got an Apple IIgs. I covet this machine! Now a subset, those that I got on my own (in no particular order) 512K (2) Plus (6, some have screen issues I am told I can fix by cleaning the MB) SE SE FDHD IIcx IIsi (2) IIci (I *Heart* my IIci) LC Performa 405 (noted above) Performa 450 Quadra 605 Quadra 650 MB PowerMac 5260/100 PowerMac 5400/180 (both these machines are acting up) PowerMac 8600/200 Blue White G3 (a Smurf) Quicksilver (800 MHz running Tiger 10.4.11) Apple ][e (3, 2 are set up and 1 is gonna be a print spooler) Apple //c Franklin Ace 500 (Apple clone, it does not currently work) And a Sun 3/60 An Atari (I cannot remember which model) And my PC (in no order) An HP that takes 8 Floppies 8088 8086 Various PCs (386, 486 and some Pentiums) My local library is all PCs On Oct 25, 1:52 am, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: The only computer from Radio Shack that I remember was the Tandy Apple Clone ... Never knew they made others too???-Original Message- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Interesting Vintage Website
On Oct 24, 2010, at 11:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: The only computer from Radio Shack that I remember was the Tandy Apple Clone ... Never knew they made others too??? A whole string...Tandy/Radio Shack were pretty big early players in the Personal Computer market. The very first one I ever had access to was a TRS-80 http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html that a room-mate got on loan to help a professor write a BASIC programming manual. We didn't even have a tape deck to store programs on, or a printer to print out the source for the ones we did do. It spent a couple months on our dining room table running a program that displayed a clock on the screen. This had to be around 1979-1980. I didn't get my own computer until '84, a used Apple ][+...used that for four years until I got my first Mac in 1988. At one time the RS TRS-80 (Trash-80), Commodore Pet and the Apple ][ were big three of off-the-shelf personal computing. They all had comparable abilities, built in basic, tape storage and so on. The TRS-80 was an over sized keyboard which connected a video monitor and cassette deck, in either case, either generic or their own model. RS later did sell an upgraded model that was an all-in-one design with two 5.25 floppies. Radio Shack did, IIRC, sell a RS branded IBM pc compatible for a time but gave up after a while and started selling other brand pcs. I got my ][+ in 1981 and moved up to a Mac 512K in 1985 (later upgraded to a 512Ke and then Plus). I donated the Apple ][+ after I got the Mac but I still have that first Mac. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 25, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, JoeTaxpayer joetaxpaye...@gmail.com wrote: I remember the Radio Shack TRS-80, otherwise known as trash-80. Played on it at store but never bought, I used a Commodore 64 at that time. Lets see, in my life I have used Education settings 1) Apple ][e at my first HS and in my first college 2) TRS-80 at my second HS (in class) but it had an Apple ][e in the library. I forget which TRS-80 model but I remember it was Blue 3) This is more complex but here goes. Another college I attended had various Apple computers a) LCII in MY dorm room but others had LCII or comparable computers b) LC models in one computer lab, another lab had an SE/30, a Centris, a Quadra, various II models and I think the odd SE model. This lab had a few PCs too 4) Various PCs at my last college 5) At an elementary school I did a 1 week stint as a Temp (Janitor) they had an LC with the Apple ][e card in it. In HS we had two ASR-33 teletypes hooked up via acoustic coupler / modem to an HP model 2000E minicomputer. Somewhere along the line we got real high class and got a CRT terminal. That had a 300 baud acoustic coupler / modem, h, fast. In college I had an 8080 system, a totally custom system I designed and built. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Interesting Vintage Website
On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Clark Martin wrote: The TRS-80 was an over sized keyboard which connected a video monitor and cassette deck, in either case, either generic or their own model. RS later did sell an upgraded model that was an all-in- one design with two 5.25 floppies. on it. My wife worked for a company that had one of those back in the mid- late 80's; she did word processing and spreadsheets on it. Her boss also had a Panasonic or Toshiba(?) semi-DOS compatible laptop with this huge (for the time) 12 plasma display. Really cool. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.comwrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill http://www.oddee.com/item_97232.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Feed%3A+Oddee+%28Oddee%29 -- __ No apologies I will go with this for computer nostalgia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZiWTdc6Dc8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZiWTdc6Dc8 Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Vic vma...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 22, 3:48 pm, Arnel Tuazon a.tua...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/10/10 4:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill http://www.oddee.com/item_97232.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium ... m_campaign=Feed%3A+Oddee+%28Oddee%29 What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? The Commodore computers? The ADAM Home Computers? I wonder because I have a Commodore Plus/4 and a C=64 as well as an old ADAM Home Computer. I know the ADAM took tapes but I heard it could use an HD as well (never investigated this so maybe it was akin to Vaporware) -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list I remember looking at a whopping 10mb external HD for my Mac 512ke, maybe a Cider? cost was north of $1000, which could be why I kept doing the floppy shuffle. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Interesting Vintage Website
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? The Commodore computers? The ADAM Home Computers? I wonder because I have a Commodore Plus/4 and a C=64 as well as an old ADAM Home Computer. I know the ADAM took tapes but I heard it could use an HD as well (never investigated this so maybe it was akin to Vaporware) _ Amigas at first had no HD. But expensive adapters soon emerged. They took for the most part SCSI which was later built in to some models. ISA and Zorros slots could run IDE cards. HDs were very expensive. My first used A500 bought in 1993 had a 40 MB in a big box that housed the interface also. and also had a RAM expansion in between the HD and the console. Ungainly but not bad when you got used to it. Then models with slots came. There are even USB adapters now. A so called COmmodore 64 is reemrging. A console PC really. Tandy/Radio Shack models called CoCos ( Color Computers ) used tape drives. I think it is only in the last ten years their adherents have developed drive interfaces. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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The only computer from Radio Shack that I remember was the "Tandy Apple Clone" ... Never knew they made others too???-Original Message- From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> Sent: Oct 25, 2010 1:37 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Interesting Vintage Website On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? The Commodore computers? The ADAM Home Computers? I wonder because I have a Commodore Plus/4 and a C=64 as well as an old ADAM Home Computer. I know the ADAM took tapes but I heard it could use an HD as well (never investigated this so maybe it was akin to Vaporware) _Amigas at first had no HD. But expensive adapters soon emerged.They took for the most part SCSI which was later built in to some models. ISA and Zorros slots could run IDE cards. HDs were very expensive. My first used A500 bought in 1993 had a 40 MB in a big box that housed the interface also. and also had a RAM expansion in between the HD and the console. Ungainly but not bad when you got used to it. Then models with slots came. There are even USB adapters now. A so called COmmodore 64 is reemrging. A console PC really.Tandy/Radio Shack models called CoCos ( Color Computers ) used tape drives. I think it is only in the last ten years their adherents have developed drive interfaces. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringerfluxstrin...@gmail.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringerhttp://www.facebook.com/FluxStringerhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Interesting Vintage Website
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Vic vma...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 22, 3:48 pm, Arnel Tuazon a.tua...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/10/10 4:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill http://www.oddee.com/item_97232.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium. .. m_campaign=Feed%3A+Oddee+%28Oddee%29 I remember watching a television series (via video tape) in high school for computer class and one episode discussed hard drives and how they will revolutionize desktop PC's one day. Of course the sample they showed was the size of a steering wheel. I believe the drive was from IBM. When I was in school, we had a hard drive - the size of a washing machine. The disk was replaceable and about 3 feet in diameter. Capacity? 1 megabyte... V Mabus Hmmm, I have plenty of older HDs. Physically my biggest SCSI is an old ST-296N. Capacity-wise I am not sure. Probably the one in my 8600/200 (unless the Smurf uses SCSI) I also have some MFM and RLL HDs but I lack an ESDI HD (it's on my list!) What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? The Commodore computers? The ADAM Home Computers? I wonder because I have a Commodore Plus/4 and a C=64 as well as an old ADAM Home Computer. I know the ADAM took tapes but I heard it could use an HD as well (never investigated this so maybe it was akin to Vaporware) -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? There was a very expensive 5MB Winchester hard drive for the Apple II series,. I don't remember what the interface was, but believe it was proprietary. The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. For all Macs from the Plus on, until the advent of IDE drives, they used SCSI. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 23, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? There was a very expensive 5MB Winchester hard drive for the Apple II series,. I don't remember what the interface was, but believe it was proprietary. The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. It was probably ST-506 on the inside, that was the most common interface at the time. Many of the early external SCSI drives were ST-506 with an adapter. There were three types of HD drives available for the Mac 512K (and possibly the 128K) before the Apple drive using the floppy port came out. There was a drive using the serial port (it didn't use AppleTalk, it used a proprietary 1 MBPS protocol. There were a couple of SCSI interfaces that used the battery compartment door for the 50 AMP SCSI connector. And of course there was the HyperDrive, the really cool one which put the drive inside the case (and more load on the power supply) For all Macs from the Plus on, until the advent of IDE drives, they used SCSI. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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At 11:19 -0700 10/23/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. I'm pretty sure there was one - MacBottom? - that connected to the 19 pin D connector for an external floppy. It probably just pretended to be a really big floppy. -- -- From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 11:19 -0700 10/23/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. I'm pretty sure there was one - MacBottom? - that connected to the 19 pin D connector for an external floppy. It probably just pretended to be a really big floppy. There was a MacBottom but I can't recall if it was SCSI or the floppy interface. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On 22/10/10 4:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill http://www.oddee.com/item_97232.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=emailut m_campaign=Feed%3A+Oddee+%28Oddee%29 I remember watching a television series (via video tape) in high school for computer class and one episode discussed hard drives and how they will revolutionize desktop PC's one day. Of course the sample they showed was the size of a steering wheel. I believe the drive was from IBM. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Oct 22, 3:48 pm, Arnel Tuazon a.tua...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/10/10 4:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill http://www.oddee.com/item_97232.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium... m_campaign=Feed%3A+Oddee+%28Oddee%29 I remember watching a television series (via video tape) in high school for computer class and one episode discussed hard drives and how they will revolutionize desktop PC's one day. Of course the sample they showed was the size of a steering wheel. I believe the drive was from IBM. When I was in school, we had a hard drive - the size of a washing machine. The disk was replaceable and about 3 feet in diameter. Capacity? 1 megabyte... V Mabus -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
