'##::::'##:::'#####:::'########: VIVA LA REVOLUCION! CERDO DEL CAPITALISTA!! ##:::: ##::'##.. ##:: ##.....:: =========================================== ##:::: ##:'##:::: ##: ##::::::: THE HELOTS OF ECSTASY PRESS RELEASE #454 !! #########: ##:::: ##: ######::: ZIEGO VUANTAR SHALL BE MUCH VICTORIOUS! !! ##.... ##: ##:::: ##: ##...:::: =========================================== ##:::: ##:. ##:: ##:: ##::::::: "Computers 'n Stuff" !! ##:::: ##::. #####::: ########: by -> M4D 3LF !! ..:::::..::::.....::::........:: 1/21/99 !! !!========================================================================!! I like antique crap... but updated antique crap. I once saw a 193X Ford coupe. It was all decked out with electronic dash, tons of power goodies. I'd take it, put a killer stereo in it, and drive that fucker every day. I had plans for that console stereo I had, too. I wanted to seal the speakers, add a cd player and dual cassette wells. I like the way console stereos look. So that brings me my computers. I got my first computer as a hand-me-down from my dad in the fall of '96. It's a 1987 Macintosh Classic II with 4 megs of ram, monochrome CRT, and a 40 meg hard drive that my sister bought new for over $2000. I used this computer as my main computer until I bought my lap top this fall. I even used it online with a 2400 baud modem that I got last spring. It's powered by Motorola's 68040 chip which is not too bad considering it's the last SISC (non-PowerMac) chip put in Macs or their clones. I even had an ImageWriter II printer for it that I found at Goodwill for $2.50!! Up until the RISC native programs became the Mac standard, the only software limitation I had was the lack of color options...two color mode was all I had when 16 color greyscale would have ran most anything I wanted. Goodwill is a great store for me. Not only did I find my console stereo and my printer for $2.50, but lots of other useless crap. Another favorite of mine is St. Vincent DePaul, aka Vinnie's. Vinnie's has two Dubuqueland locations, downtown on Main Street and, what I call "Vinnie's West", near our "suburb" Asbury. It was this second location that I found my Apple //e. It came with Apple DOS floppies, a whole meg of ram, and the infamous Apple SuperSerial card. For an extra $5 I even got a color monitor! I'm unable to find any software to get my Apple online, so I looked around for Apple //gs, but they're still popular, thus overly-expensive. My newest toy is a TRS-80 color. I need to find some other hardware and software for it, otherwise it's little more than an over-sized keyboard. Well, I guess I've bored you all enough for one t-file, so I guess I'll be going. But, remember kids, ya gotta catch 'em all!! !!========================================================================!! !! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! HOE #454, WRITTEN BY: M4D 3LF - 1/21/99 !!