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Dual 20" Cinema's - I can NEVER go back... by blakespot · 2004-10-19 00:13 · Score: 1 · on A Dual Monitor Experiment

I have been using dual screen since the days of my B&W G3 400 Macintosh back in '99. The my dual G4 800 sported dual CRTs. Then I replaced those with dual 20" Cinema displays. Then it was time to replace the G4, with a dual 2.5GHz G5, using the same LCD's.

So it's been 6 years now with dual screens at home, and I could never go back. I even took one of my spare CRT's from home in to the office to give my WinXP dev workstation two screens (dual 19" CRT's). You really can never go back...

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Dual 20" Cinema's - I can NEVER go back... by blakespot · 2004-10-19 00:13 · Score: 1 · on A Dual Monitor Experiment

I have been using dual screen since the days of my B&W G3 400 Macintosh back in '99. The my dual G4 800 sported dual CRTs. Then I replaced those with dual 20" Cinema displays. Then it was time to replace the G4, with a dual 2.5GHz G5, using the same LCD's.

So it's been 6 years now with dual screens at home, and I could never go back. I even took one of my spare CRT's from home in to the office to give my WinXP dev workstation two screens (dual 19" CRT's). You really can never go back...

blakespot

Dual 20" Cinema's - I can NEVER go back... by blakespot · 2004-10-19 00:13 · Score: 1 · on A Dual Monitor Experiment

I have been using dual screen since the days of my B&W G3 400 Macintosh back in '99. The my dual G4 800 sported dual CRTs. Then I replaced those with dual 20" Cinema displays. Then it was time to replace the G4, with a dual 2.5GHz G5, using the same LCD's.

So it's been 6 years now with dual screens at home, and I could never go back. I even took one of my spare CRT's from home in to the office to give my WinXP dev workstation two screens (dual 19" CRT's). You really can never go back...

blakespot

Whither OS X ?? by blakespot · 2004-10-05 01:24 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Doom 3 for Linux Released

So where is DOOM 3 for OS X? My new dual G5 2.5 is just itching for something to challenge it. Of course...until Apple ships the GeForce 6800 Ultra I ordered as part of the bundle, I'm using the interrim Radeon 9600XT - not sure how well that will push DOOM 3 at high resolution....

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My 5.25" floppies . . . by blakespot · 2004-09-07 05:02 · Score: 1 · on The Death of the Floppy Disk

I have a couple boxes of Apple II games on 5.25" floppies from 1984/5. 20 years old. I think one of maybe 125 or so (and there's data on both sides of these single-sided floppy disks) has gone bad. I still use them in my Apple IIgs.

On a related note, I've known data written to some recent 1.44MB 3.5" floppies to give up the ghost after a period of 1 week or more...

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Re:Bah - a little history lesson... by blakespot · 2004-07-14 22:41 · Score: 1 · on Ballmer - Xbox 'Can Take Sony' In Next Generation

Qute a few core UI elements of Windows 95 were very clearly ripped from NeXTSTEP. And for those that don't know, as the framed, promotional poster on my wall reminds me, the first NeXT machines which featured the NeXTSTEP OS was released on October 12, 1988.

I won't even get into listing the number of innovations that the fabled Longhorn is pulling from OS X.

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Re:commodore's hardware ... higher res on the II by blakespot · 2004-07-01 01:55 · Score: 1 · on Commodore - Back In The Hardware Biz At Last?

Thought I have been throuhg many machines indeed, The Apple II has a special place in my heart. That said, while the C64 definitely had better sound than the Apple II (or 8-bit Atari), the 128K Apple IIe/c with "double high-res" graphics (DHR) surpassed the C64 in highest resolution and came fairly close when it came to game/color modes.

The C64's highest res is 320x200 while the highest Apple II DHR res is 560x129 - in black & white. DHR also allowed 140x192 in 16 colors. The C64 may have allowed all 16 colors to be displayed in its highest res mode, 320x200, but I am not certain.

The C128 graphically surpassed DHR though, offering full 640x200 res and an interlaced 640x400 on C128D's I beleive. The Apple IIgs was graphically more in the class of the Atari ST / Amiga, and surpassed the 8-bit Commodore, easily on this front, as well as on the audio front. There is no computer with 8-bit sound that has audio mode advanced than the Apple IIGS with its 32-oscillator Ensoniq DOC chip (the precursor of the GF-1 audio processor used in the famed, 16-bit Gravis UltraSound).

Ok...enough about all that.

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iPaq Quake by blakespot · 2004-05-22 13:18 · Score: 1 · on Windows 98SE emulated on Pocket PC

http://www.blakespot.com/ipaqquake/

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excuse me? by sootman · 2004-05-11 03:02 · Score: 1 · on A Raft Of New Products From Sony Japan

Guess Sony has been woken up by Apple's success with iPods and Powerbooks.

Considering that the first thin, square PBG4 (2001) was very similar to the thin, square VAIO notebooks that Sony had, at the time, been making for a couple years (1998) (scroll down), I would have phrased that a bit differently. Hit or miss, Sony's been making cool, small, sexy gadgets for years.

I just built a 68060 Amiga 1200 tower, so... (pix) by blakespot · 2004-03-16 02:36 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Amiga Sells AmigaOS

I am not saying I'd use the Amiga for my main machine - I have Mac for that, but I just put a 66MHz 68060 Amiga 1200 tower together from almost entirely unused parts for games and demos and just messing around.

Pix:

Good stuff...

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I just built a 68060 Amiga 1200 tower, so... (pix) by blakespot · 2004-03-16 02:36 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Amiga Sells AmigaOS

I am not saying I'd use the Amiga for my main machine - I have Mac for that, but I just put a 66MHz 68060 Amiga 1200 tower together from almost entirely unused parts for games and demos and just messing around.

Pix:

Good stuff...

blakespot

This is a long list indeed..and it starts with 'A' by blakespot · 2003-12-23 10:26 · Score: 1 · on First Computers

Atari 2600 to start. Is it a "computer"? Then Apple //c.

The list trials out from there - in the 70's now.

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The BEST pic of a pumpkin that I've ever seen... by blakespot · 2003-10-31 08:03 · Score: 1 · on Assorted Bits of Halloween

Pumpkin ... in an ideal state....

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Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

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Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Here's a sexy NeXT Station... ( PICS ) by blakespot · 2003-10-31 05:05 · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux

Here's a few pics of my NeXT Station Turbo Color setup:

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns1.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns2.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns3.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns4.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns5.jpg
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/ns6.jpg

68040 @ 33MHz
128MB RAM
2GB HD
12x SCSI CD-ROM drive
NeXTSTEP Developer v3.3

It's definitely sexier than my G4 rig ... and it's pretty sexy.

Just grabbed an HP-9000 712/60 "Gecko" workstation for $25 from a flea market. 64MB/2GB - about to install NeXTSTEP on it. We'll see how it goes. Less sexy tho...

blakespot

Re:Apple Computer Announces The IIgs by blakespot · 2003-07-10 23:25 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs

The Ensoniq DOC (Digital Osciallator Chip) used in the GS, coupled to 64K of audio RAM, was the father of the Forte audio processor in the GUS (Gravis UltraSound) which was so popular back in the PC demo scene. I have framed my old, red GUS and having it hanging on a wall in my computer room. :-)

And here's my GS:
juicy inside pic
outside pic

blakespot

Re:Perspective - my 25MHz NeXTstation by blakespot · 2003-06-30 05:48 · Score: 2, Informative · on G5 Benchmark Roundup

I have a NeXTStation 33MHz. I use it frequently. There are aspects of its desktop operations that do not feel any slower than my Dual G4 800 Mac running OS X on my GeForce 3. It's an incredible piece of hardware.

Have a look at it:
System with 21" monitor
Internals (see that little ribbon cable)
Sporty shot...

Shortly after I got the news that Apple acquired NeXT and were going to use NEXTSTEP (OpenStep) as the basis for the future of the Mac's OS, I began my prep to switch to Mac and jumped on board the first day that the B&W G3 was made available, January '99. I've never looked back. I will be moving up to a G5 within the next year. (I've got a few Macs actually.)

It's worth noting that NextStep's complete object integration across all apps was cited as a major inspiration for Tim Berners-Lee's original proposal for the World Wide Web. In fact, I even have a running copy of that first version of TBL's code, called (surprisingly) "WWW".

To clarify: The WWW was created on a NeXT cube. The first HTTP browser was developed by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT.

blakespot

Re:Perspective - my 25MHz NeXTstation by blakespot · 2003-06-30 05:48 · Score: 2, Informative · on G5 Benchmark Roundup

I have a NeXTStation 33MHz. I use it frequently. There are aspects of its desktop operations that do not feel any slower than my Dual G4 800 Mac running OS X on my GeForce 3. It's an incredible piece of hardware.

Have a look at it:
System with 21" monitor
Internals (see that little ribbon cable)
Sporty shot...

Shortly after I got the news that Apple acquired NeXT and were going to use NEXTSTEP (OpenStep) as the basis for the future of the Mac's OS, I began my prep to switch to Mac and jumped on board the first day that the B&W G3 was made available, January '99. I've never looked back. I will be moving up to a G5 within the next year. (I've got a few Macs actually.)

It's worth noting that NextStep's complete object integration across all apps was cited as a major inspiration for Tim Berners-Lee's original proposal for the World Wide Web. In fact, I even have a running copy of that first version of TBL's code, called (surprisingly) "WWW".

To clarify: The WWW was created on a NeXT cube. The first HTTP browser was developed by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT.

blakespot

Re:Perspective - my 25MHz NeXTstation by blakespot · 2003-06-30 05:48 · Score: 2, Informative · on G5 Benchmark Roundup

I have a NeXTStation 33MHz. I use it frequently. There are aspects of its desktop operations that do not feel any slower than my Dual G4 800 Mac running OS X on my GeForce 3. It's an incredible piece of hardware.

Have a look at it:
System with 21" monitor
Internals (see that little ribbon cable)
Sporty shot...

Shortly after I got the news that Apple acquired NeXT and were going to use NEXTSTEP (OpenStep) as the basis for the future of the Mac's OS, I began my prep to switch to Mac and jumped on board the first day that the B&W G3 was made available, January '99. I've never looked back. I will be moving up to a G5 within the next year. (I've got a few Macs actually.)

It's worth noting that NextStep's complete object integration across all apps was cited as a major inspiration for Tim Berners-Lee's original proposal for the World Wide Web. In fact, I even have a running copy of that first version of TBL's code, called (surprisingly) "WWW".

To clarify: The WWW was created on a NeXT cube. The first HTTP browser was developed by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT.

blakespot

Re:Perspective - my 25MHz NeXTstation by blakespot · 2003-06-30 05:48 · Score: 2, Informative · on G5 Benchmark Roundup

I have a NeXTStation 33MHz. I use it frequently. There are aspects of its desktop operations that do not feel any slower than my Dual G4 800 Mac running OS X on my GeForce 3. It's an incredible piece of hardware.

Have a look at it:
System with 21" monitor
Internals (see that little ribbon cable)
Sporty shot...

Shortly after I got the news that Apple acquired NeXT and were going to use NEXTSTEP (OpenStep) as the basis for the future of the Mac's OS, I began my prep to switch to Mac and jumped on board the first day that the B&W G3 was made available, January '99. I've never looked back. I will be moving up to a G5 within the next year. (I've got a few Macs actually.)

It's worth noting that NextStep's complete object integration across all apps was cited as a major inspiration for Tim Berners-Lee's original proposal for the World Wide Web. In fact, I even have a running copy of that first version of TBL's code, called (surprisingly) "WWW".

To clarify: The WWW was created on a NeXT cube. The first HTTP browser was developed by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT.

blakespot

Re:Current G4 Supplies Depleted - what's NeXT ? by gklinger · 2003-06-16 06:08 · Score: 1 · on Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup

Having browsed through your directory of images, I've concluded that you might be spending altogether too much time and money on computers. :)

That being said, Time Bandit is a great game.

Re:Current G4 Supplies Depleted - what's NeXT ? by gklinger · 2003-06-16 06:08 · Score: 1 · on Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup

Having browsed through your directory of images, I've concluded that you might be spending altogether too much time and money on computers. :)

That being said, Time Bandit is a great game.

Re:Current G4 Supplies Depleted - what's NeXT ? by blakespot · 2003-06-16 01:52 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup

Hey...

For just navigating thru menus and windows and general GUI stuff my 33MHz 68040-based NeXTStation Turbo Color slab feels about the same speed as my dual G4 800 Mac!

Don't knock the '040!

blakespot

Re:Current G4 Supplies Depleted - what's NeXT ? by blakespot · 2003-06-16 01:52 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup

Hey...

For just navigating thru menus and windows and general GUI stuff my 33MHz 68040-based NeXTStation Turbo Color slab feels about the same speed as my dual G4 800 Mac!

Don't knock the '040!

blakespot

NOT the first PDA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-27 10:09 · Score: 0 · on Five Years Later, Newton Still Going Strong

It constantly bugs me how on Slashdot everyone seems to think the Newton was the first mass-produced PDA. It wasn't! The Amstrad PenPad was! They're wonderful little things :-) Not that i have any problem with Apple's offering either, it's just one of those geeky nit-picking things that must be said...

Re:Mac User -- mee too... by blakespot · 2003-02-15 19:32 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2

What's the long framed item under the Mac Cube poster in the beginning?

That's my NeXT poster. Can also be seen here.

blakespot

Re:Mac User -- mee too... by blakespot · 2003-02-15 19:32 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2

What's the long framed item under the Mac Cube poster in the beginning?

That's my NeXT poster. Can also be seen here.

blakespot

Re:Mac User -- mee too... by blakespot · 2003-02-15 01:33 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2

Oh, I had to spend a long while getting it straight enough to clean. This is the worst it has ever been.

blakespot

Re:Mac User -- mee too... by blakespot · 2003-02-13 23:57 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2

Yea, I've used a few, but Apple (NeXT) wins.

blakespot

Re:huh, I dont remember by blakespot · 2003-02-07 01:46 · Score: 1 · on Multiplayer Space Quest in a Browser

Do'h... Here's my Apple IIgs pic...bad link above.

Hell, Here's the whole damned list.

blakespot

Re:huh, I dont remember by blakespot · 2003-02-07 01:46 · Score: 1 · on Multiplayer Space Quest in a Browser

Do'h... Here's my Apple IIgs pic...bad link above.

Hell, Here's the whole damned list.

blakespot

Re:huh, I dont remember by blakespot · 2003-02-07 01:44 · Score: 1 · on Multiplayer Space Quest in a Browser

Well, they don't make 'em like they used to...

This article got me to pull out my original disks of Kings Quest that I bought in 1984 for my Apple //c and boot them on my Apple IIgs, 19 years later -- they lit up with ne'er a hitch!

In fact, out of two oldschool, standard sized boxes of 5.25" disks (maybe 40 disks per) I've had one go bad, from '84. Every one of my not-quite-as-old Amiga floppies (from the late 80's/early 90's) still has its data, as well.

blakespot

Re:huh, I dont remember by blakespot · 2003-02-07 01:44 · Score: 1 · on Multiplayer Space Quest in a Browser

Well, they don't make 'em like they used to...

This article got me to pull out my original disks of Kings Quest that I bought in 1984 for my Apple //c and boot them on my Apple IIgs, 19 years later -- they lit up with ne'er a hitch!

In fact, out of two oldschool, standard sized boxes of 5.25" disks (maybe 40 disks per) I've had one go bad, from '84. Every one of my not-quite-as-old Amiga floppies (from the late 80's/early 90's) still has its data, as well.

blakespot

Re:Woo - Hoo -- let me enlighten you, sad boy by blakespot · 2003-02-05 11:42 · Score: 1 · on Dell Dropping The Floppy

The last really unique thing Apple did was popularize the GUI (not invent, of course). Their operating system was ANCIENT until OS/X. No preemptive multitasking. No memory protection. Virtual memory so brain damaged that most people turned off. Processing actually STOPPED when you pressed a menu button (this was especially laughable when Macs were used as web servers, and someone accidently leaves a menu item open).

Granted, OS 9 was pretty dated. It was not a strong kernel. I will give you this. But be aware that the first consumer machine with a GUI, the Apple Lisa, had a preemptive multitasking operating system. If only Apple had brought such a kernel over to the Macintosh System when the Mac debuted in '84.

Almost every significant hardware innovation began on the PC architectures. Proof? The bus, memory, (yes) SCSI, CD-ROM, CD writers, color monitors (Steve didn't like color until much later), even floppies, on and on. There's a reason that almost all of Apple's components are PC components. Hell! The original Mac didn't even ALLOW adding a hard drive. Yes, it was specifically NOT ALLOWED, because steve thought all storage should be removable. I distinctly remember the first company that figured out how to add a hard drive, and it was big news.

Not quite...

Apple was far and away the flag-carrier for SCSI. The Mac Plus was the first consumer machine to have SCSI on-board. I have a Mac Plus and recently spent weeks trying to upgrade the external SCSI HD on the unit. The difficulty was that the Mac Plus' implementation of SCSI was based on a version of SCSI that actually preceeded the official SCSI spec--it was pre-SCSI, in truth. Only this one Toshiba drive would work on the unit (I tried 5 drives). PC SCSI did not even exist at this point... ...which made it awful hard to add a CD-ROM drive to a PC as they were all SCSI in the beginning. Macs were the first consumer machines to sport CD-ROM drives regularly.

The original Mac did not have a dedicated HD interface or a general bus interface of any sort and so people rapidly developed external HD's that plugged into the floppy port of the Mac. The MacBottom was one such unit. Slow, sure, but it worked. There was no "disallowing" mechanism in play here, friend.

By time the pretty colored Macs were coming out, NeXT had already taken over Apple and was porting NeXTSTEP/OpenStep -- the most advanced OS I have ever seen, to the Mac. The seed had been planted to bring an ideal UNIX environment to the masses, and it is now here.

But not realizing the innovation here, one might actually choose to use Windows, it seems. I so pity those that are letting this, the OS X experience, pass them by. You really don't know what you are missing.

blakespot

Re:Texas Instruments by blakespot · 2003-01-06 03:43 · Score: 2 · on Collecting Classic Computers

The first computer I started using was obsolete at the time I started using it. Still have it as well, an old TI 99/4A. Also have TI's first laptop attempt, with the one line character display. Got that as a free gift from one of those travel resort trips...

I do not have my original TI-99/4A, but I grabbed another one from Salvation Army (the gay-haters that they are) after I was reunited with the TI when my girlfriend at the time whipped one of the more recent white models out of her attic. I played with it but wanted a black and silver unit, so I searched and found.

I remember back, '87 or so, in the day I desperately wanted to grab another TI (I had let my orig. go to get an Apple //c) and expand it with a Myarc Geneve 9640 ( here's a French page with a better pic )

blakespot

Re:Texas Instruments by blakespot · 2003-01-06 03:43 · Score: 2 · on Collecting Classic Computers

The first computer I started using was obsolete at the time I started using it. Still have it as well, an old TI 99/4A. Also have TI's first laptop attempt, with the one line character display. Got that as a free gift from one of those travel resort trips...

I do not have my original TI-99/4A, but I grabbed another one from Salvation Army (the gay-haters that they are) after I was reunited with the TI when my girlfriend at the time whipped one of the more recent white models out of her attic. I played with it but wanted a black and silver unit, so I searched and found.

I remember back, '87 or so, in the day I desperately wanted to grab another TI (I had let my orig. go to get an Apple //c) and expand it with a Myarc Geneve 9640 ( here's a French page with a better pic )

blakespot

Here's a photo tour of my museum... by blakespot · 2003-01-06 02:03 · Score: 2 · on Collecting Classic Computers

A quick run (photo links) thru some of the highlights of my vintage computer collection (from those I have currentl):

TI-99/4A
AT&T PC 6300
Apple IIgs ( inside shot )
NeXTStation Turbo Color ( inside shot )
Amiga 2000
Amiga 1200 tower '060
Apple Macintosh Plus
Apple PowerCD
...and the desk I built to put them on