Re: Posting Suggestions? (was Musings)

2001-08-28 Thread Jim Arnott
tripod. Jim Andrew Michael MacTao wrote: Nbci.com don't do that no mo'. It seems all their web pages have become read only... Anyone have suggestions where I can find free webspace to upload delete files as folks may have need for them? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Posting Suggestions? (was Musings)

2001-08-28 Thread rlf
Vintage Macs wrote... From: Andrew Michael MacTao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Posting Suggestions? (was Musings) -- Since Judgement Day has now come and gone, it is now up to those who have not passed this test, over the next few years of tribulation to prove their True

Re: Musings

2001-08-27 Thread the pickle
At 00:35 -0600 on 25/08/01, Steve Conrad wrote: I am gonna ask the Customer Relations Manager if any diskettes might still exist in a warehouse (or older CDs for 68k Macs) that lowendmac.com can stick on a website for those of us who love and still use 68k Macs. Putting diskettes on a WWW site

Re: Musings

2001-08-25 Thread Marten van de Kraats
At the very least, we advocate for the Mac -- new and used -- and do what we can to keep the installed base from shrinking. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. We'd better advocate a little louder. Didn't Apple marketshare just get to 3%? Jeff It goes up and down, up and

Re: Musings

2001-08-24 Thread Gary Adams
: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:59 AM To: Vintage Macs Subject: Re: Musings Marten van de Kraats writes: Does Apple just want the older Macs, Apples and varied clones to just die off so we will all be forced to buy brand spanking new G4's? Yes. We are the thorn in Apple's side. Remember, Apple is just

Old cars VS old Macs. Re: Musings

2001-08-24 Thread Gregg Eshelman
The difference with Ford, GM and MoPar is they are actively persuing owners of their classics with plenty of parts and services for the more popular models. You can go into any Ford dealer and order many parts for an old Mustang, even a complete engine. You can't call up Apple and order all the

Re: Musings

2001-08-24 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Musings At the very least, we advocate for the Mac -- new and used -- and do what we can to keep the installed base from shrinking. Dan

Re: Musings

2001-08-23 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Does Apple just want the older Macs, Apples and varied clones to just die off so we will all be forced to buy brand spanking new G4's? Yes. We are the thorn in Apple's side. Remember, Apple is just another evil Korporation, and Steve Jobs is every bit as evil as Bill Gates. They're both

Musings

2001-08-22 Thread Steve Conrad
Does Apple just want the older Macs, Apples and varied clones to just die off so we will all be forced to buy brand spanking new G4's? They seem to stomp on anyone who runs a site supporting older machines these days. My proof? Fire up Anarchie and see how many of those sites are Empty or simply

Re: Musings

2001-08-22 Thread the pickle
At 17:34 -0600 on 22/08/01, Steve Conrad wrote: Does Apple just want the older Macs, Apples and varied clones to just die off so we will all be forced to buy brand spanking new G4's? Yes. Well, no and yes. They want us to buy new G4s, but I don't suppose they care much about older machines,

Re: Musings

2001-08-22 Thread Steve Conrad
I have several versions of Anarchie (and Fetch and TurboGopher, etc) and I know that some of the schools have said that the reason they pulled down their archives was due to pressure from Apple and fees involved in their maintaining them. UIowa said this was why Liquify (used to be Panda and then

Re: Musings

2001-08-22 Thread the pickle
At 17:56 -0600 on 22/08/01, Steve Conrad wrote: I have several versions of Anarchie (and Fetch and TurboGopher, etc) and I know that some of the schools have said that the reason they pulled down their archives was due to pressure from Apple and fees involved in their Doesn't surprise me too

Re: Musings

2001-08-22 Thread the pickle
At 18:07 -0600 on 22/08/01, Steve Conrad wrote: Well, I know that with Anarchie you cannot get to mirrors.aol.com (last H...maybe Peter has a reason for not allowing older versions of Anarchie to be distributed... p _ the pickle The FAQ

Re: Musings

2001-08-22 Thread b.b.
Does Apple just want the older Macs, Apples and varied clones to just die off so we will all be forced to buy brand spanking new G4's? Yes. We are the thorn in Apple's side. Remember, Apple is just another evil Korporation, and Steve Jobs is every bit as evil as Bill Gates. They're both