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Oh I know where you were going (and thought it funny). I was just putting that out there for others to see. A face to a username kind of makes it real, you know?I know ErikI just had to give our buddy Dave a hard time. Ok, ok I tried to take the high road but I just couldn’t control my inner Beavis.
Oh I know where you were going (and thought it funny). I was just putting that out there for others to see. A face to a username kind of makes it real, you know?
Heck yeah it does. Its so easy to wind up & lash out With little consideration of others online. Keaton128 was a good guy - enjoyed his company here & in chat. iMac 24” gpu & neogeo X from guy on the right. Still waiting on a few doodads from guy on the left.
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Greetings! and welcome! Boy oh boy, do i envy you. It's just my opinion, but having grown up in the 80s/90s, some of those computers really define an era of computing. Back when there was a definite separation between Macintosh and Windows platforms. Owning an Apple product had I suppose, a certain prestige to it, which wasn't entirely unfounded. The G4 DA case, the Blue & White G3 it preceded, all had style at a time when Windows PC's came in a cream beige box.
Best of luck!
Best of luck!
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This 1999 PC doesn't look like beige to me
It still doesn't have any kind of style tho.
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I didn't post the pink version out of fear of violating the UN's anti-torture regulations.Apart from that and the pink version, they were mostly beige
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This 1999 PC doesn't look like beige to me
Truly the evolution of iMac and "Cars" / "Purl"
Feast your eyes!
Come to think of it, it seems to me that the manufacturer may have had a little inspiration from somewhere else...
I wish I knew who, though...
At least the hardware is every bit as crappy as the design, so it's a perfect match.
So that Barbie PC directly lead to the development of the Cube? They only removed the flowers ...Feast your eyes!
Come to think of it, it seems to me that the manufacturer may have had a little inspiration from somewhere else...
I wish I knew who, though...
It should find it's way into MOMA too!
Or a Russian made with this porcupine like (heat sinks) with 4x cloned IBM PowerPC 601 CPUs running as a Transputer. Russians were really busy cloning stuff in the early 80s and 90s then.
The SGI O2 was released in '97, and was a major player in many high-end and professional industries at the time. My guess is that the Barbie and Hot Wheels people pulled a few pages from the former's book then, and surprisingly enough, nobody suspected otherwise.
I don't think it's surprising - people who were the target population for this $599 POS (that price was for the whole setup you see on the picture) had no idea what an O2 was.
That case is supercool but the beige drive bezels ruin it.
The 90's: when you were getting beige with your computer whether it made sense or not.
Mr. Comda,
Thanks for your comments, and you know I love you like the brother I never would have wanted.
I really enjoyed your all's visit, and hope that we can get together again(or maybe several of us from this sub-forum).
Of course, I remember well-I met you at the gate wearing a 1911 just to wind you up, then of course pretty much any time you looked at something I asked you if you wanted it. As much as anything, I was hoping you'd take on some of the projects I had lying around but never never gotten around to finishing.
Heck, if you'd come last week, I was ALMOST at the point where you might have been able to walk out with a Cube
(although that would have been a hard one-I actually didn't even put any of them into storage). That's how desperate I was to get stuff moved. For sure I would have let you have the tangerine iBook that I didn't want to part with the first time you visited. I'll also mention that you left me with something I really wanted to fill a hole in my collection-a 1.42ghz eMac.
I remember you telling me that after you all left, your dad said "First he threatened to shoot us, then he offered us everything in his house." That's kind of how things work in Kentucky
Hopefully again we can meet up sometime in the future, although I can't promise it won't be a 44 Mag on my hip next time
Oha, sounds good! I 'd like to come over for a cup of coffee and without any further prospects ..." That's kind of how things work in Kentucky
But don't know if this ever will be possible to happen.
vice versa ... you're welcome.
A chat about Macs over a cup of coffee(or glass of sweet tea) is always welcome also
-especially sitting around the table in 150 year old fine Kentucky-made walnut chairs. Heck, we can guns, Macs, watches, cameras, MGs, chemistry, or any other topic of your choosing
All!A chat about Macs over a cup of coffee(or glass of sweet tea) is always welcome also
How about an iMac G3? It’s fun, but you end up spending so much.. I’ve already bought some parts for mine for a Mac that I got for $10..
You may even be interested in a G4 upgrade.
I think it’s worth it in the end because you know the person next door does not have a “souped up” Mac 😉