Re: Douglas Adams (partially OT)

On 30 Oct 2005, at 21:34, Dr.O.M.Betz wrote: As for Douglas' enthusiasm about the Mac, I think he had the first and third one in the UK. The other guy who got one then was Stephen Fry who is still with us. He has a show on the BBC called Absolute Power about an ad agency and it is full

Re: Mac Classic Platoon

On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Scott Baret wrote: One of the Classics has some kind of video output port on it. It went to a projector at one time. No idea what happened to the projector but I think a co-worker donated it to charity. If anyone else has seen one of these let me know... It uses a

Mac Classic Platoon

I may be retired from doing IT work for schools, but I'm not done with schools. I plan on teaching a math camp to elementary age kids in the summer...if not this summer it would be 2007. While I understand the importance of paper and pencil, I do know that computers can be the best teachers sometim

Re: Douglas Adams (partially OT)

On 31/10/05, Liam Proven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 5th /Hitch-hikers'/ novel was titled "Mostly Harmless", the same > title already used by the quarterly magazine published by ZZ9, the DNA > fan club. I probably should have added some explanation to that. /Mostly Harmless/ was written under

Re: Douglas Adams (partially OT)

On 30/10/05, Dr. O. M. Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read all of his books , of > course, although I regret having read "Rupert", the fifth book of the > trilogy, [?] The 5th /Hitch-hikers'/ novel was titled "Mostly Harmless", the same title already used by the quarterly magazine published

Re: Douglas Adams

I had no idea what a Mac enthusiast he was. I'm really going to miss him. I have a fuzzy recollection of Adams having an article in one of the first issues of Macworld. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

Re: Macquarium

I'm in the US, in southern Ca. Thanks! Mike Bybee On 30 Oct 2005, at 08:20, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Stuart Bell wrote: On 30 Oct 2005, at 05:52, Mike Bybee wrote: Actually, if it could be fixed, or if there was a way to get hold of the 800k version of

Re: Douglas Adams (partially OT)

Am 30.10.2005 um 18:34 Uhr schrieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If you're looking for some amusing distraction this Sunday afternoon (and in most of the US today we have an extra hour to kill), indulge yourself with some nostalgic musings about compact Macs by the late great Douglas Adams, which I j

Douglas Adams

If you're looking for some amusing distraction this Sunday afternoon (and in most of the US today we have an extra hour to kill), indulge yourself with some nostalgic musings about compact Macs by the late great Douglas Adams, which I just discovered were online, starting with one of my favorites:

Re: Macquarium

On Oct 30, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Stuart Bell wrote: On 30 Oct 2005, at 05:52, Mike Bybee wrote: Actually, if it could be fixed, or if there was a way to get hold of the 800k version of System 5 or 6 that would be of interest as well. Where are you in the world? I'm sure someone could s

Re: Macquarium

On 30 Oct 2005, at 05:52, Mike Bybee wrote: Actually, if it could be fixed, or if there was a way to get hold of the 800k version of System 5 or 6 that would be of interest as well. I couldn't find a way to actually write to those old floppies :) Thanks Mike Bybee Where are you in the