imeridian
join:2001-09-29
Chambersburg, PA
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Re: Enter, and sign in please
hehe, well, I've only had my ibook for a tiny bit over a month -- only other Mac I'd ever used was a POS something running OS 7 back in High School. (I hated that thing, put me off anything apple for years).
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MrNo
join:2001-05-05
Chicago, IL | reply to tmpchaos
I got my iBook for about 5-6 months now. It's sluggish with OS X but I like the interface and the whole Mac user concept. I don't run RC5 though I run seti@home
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Red_Menace
join:2001-11-03
Littleton, CO
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Well, maybe I'm sorta new posting here, but I've been lurking for a while and don't normally post about stuff I don't know anything about (ok, maybe not).
I started with an Apple][-minus back in 1978 and got my first Mac in February of 1984. Still figuring out OSX, and yes, my beige G3 and 733 G4 towers both run RC5. |
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newton11
join:2002-03-11
Victoria, BC | My name is Graham and this is my fourth decade on a Apple starting with ][+ then Mac SE, then PB 140 (my first not parents) then LC 630 then Umax C500 then QS G4 733 bought in Feb 2002.
I just lurk mostly |
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zudokieman
join:2001-08-23
Chattanooga, TN
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I'm a Network Admin for a small company. I am a *nix addict and since OSX is based on the Mach kernel and BSD, I had to try it out. So I bought a G3 powerbook on Ebay and have been enjoying it since. My favorite feature has to be the terminal. My new boss is now forcing me to sell my soul to Billy-Boy and I am not not happy about it. |
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prwood
Premium
join:2001-09-04
Danvers, MA
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Hi, I'm Peter, a Perl developer from the Boston area. I got into computers relatively late in the game. My first computer was a Mac LC in 1991. Next was an UMAX SuperMac J700 in August 1997, for high school graduation. Most recently I got a Apple PowerBook G3 "Firewire" in January 2001. The LC is in the basement back in my childhood home in Ohio. The other two I still have - the J700 is now running Mandrake Linux and serves as a server for me and some friends: »woburn.dyndns.org/ . The Pismo I use for my day-to-day stuff. It triple boots Mandrake 8.2/MacOS 9.2/MacOS 10.1.4.
Macs don't really play a part in my day job. I have a Dell/Win98 box on my desk and our web/database servers are Sun boxes running Solaris. That's why I hang out do research on the All Things Macintosh All Things UNIX forum during the day. 
In my off-time, I am the website and maillist admin for the MacWoburn user group. I also do some presentations at the group from time to time. I'll be doing a presentation on MacOS X for the Boston Linux & Unix usergroup in August.
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Gruyere
join:2001-09-20
Fromagerie
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I've been posting for a while but never introduced myself:
I post as Gruyere and like to keep all my usernames as names of cheeses. I name each of my hard drives after a different body fluid. Consistency is the key to remembering all the myriad things that I do.
I am an otolaryngologist/head & neck surgeon and have been using Macintosh since 1984 and Apple since the late 1970's. My first computer was a gigantic box called the Commodore PET (circa 1977)and it was good for BASIC and a cool Star Trek game. In college I used something called a IBM Selectric Typewriter and then a Commodore 64. At this point in time my sister and brother were crunching away on their Apples (and Franklin Ace Apple II clone).
1984 came and I bought Macintosh early on. I bought one for my sister because they were available at my college bookstore. She went on to graduate with a CS degree and program for the Macintosh. She authored one of the most popular Macintosh email programs that most of us have used ad nauseam.
Over the last twenty years I've owned several iterations of Macintosh, and currently at home I have a B/W G3 desktop and a Pismo PowerBook both running OS X. I am trying to hold out for the G5 as my next computer (the B/W is still doing me well).
I first discovered DSLR when I was researching broadband options. I found this forum and after lurking for about six months, discovered that it is one of the most learned Macintosh User Groups out there. |
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eakes
join:2000-10-20
Richardson, TX
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I am a retired microwave telecommunications system engineer. Designed and implemented microwave and lightwave communications systems for telcos and private businesses for 30+ years.
My first computer was a HeathKit in 1976. Assembled both computer and monitor. Next was an Apple II+. The first Mac was the 512k 'fat' Mac. Over the years have had a number of different Macs. The latest are two Power Tower Pros, one with a G3 update card and the other with a G4.
Would like to try OS10.x, but X doesn't like either of my two Macs and I have found no compelling reason to upgrade to a new computer. I detest command line computing so the Terminal function is not for me. |
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The X
Parental Advisory Explicit Content
Premium
join:2001-10-29
El Monte, CA
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Hi everyone I am Andrew I have been using Macs back since the classic days. But currently at work I use a 733 Digital Audio two dual 533 servers and two 533 servers and a 500 MHz Tibook. and I have about 900 other macs that I responsible for. I am the network admin for a high school in my area. But right now between work and school I am trying to learn unix and and teach myself some programming. And since that pretty much has me covered for about 16 hours a day all I do other then that is sleep..... |
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djm61
Out of Iraq NOW
join:2001-06-20
Simi Valley, CA
clubs:
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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OK here goes!
My name is Dave and I am an Apple-a-holic!
My addiction started in 1981 with a used Apple ][+ and progressed from there to a ][e, a ][e Enhanced, an Apple III, a Lisa, a Mac 512, a Mac Plus, an LC I, an LC III, an 8100/100AV, an Imac Rev. B, and a Wallstreet Powerbook. Also inhouse I have a Beige G3 MT that belongs to my son.
I will shortly be building a twin Dual 1gig Quicksilver video workstation for a movie I will be working on in the fall of '02.
My addiction is under control, really it is!
Dave
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Cornstalkk
7-4-7
Premium
join:2001-12-17
Euclid, OH
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Hello. My name is Rick and I am a recovering Winblows user/Technician. I currectly have had a FP iMac since March and believe I will NEVER go back to Windows. (Although I still work on them which is a given). If it wasn't for this website and the many people with experience here with answers I would probably still be lost trying to CTL+ALT+DEL in every situation I get in.
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tmpchaos
Requiescat in pace
Premium,Mod
join:2000-04-28
Hoboken, NJ
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I see that we've had some more new people come in and post, who perhaps have not seen this, so...*bump* |
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mkcompu
Premium
join:2001-02-23
Wyckoff, NJ
clubs:
| reply to tmpchaos
Re: Enter, and sign in please
i have been using macs since before i was in school. first one ever was my dad's powerbook from his business (it had a trackball). i got a preforma 6220 in 3rd grade, powerbook 1400c/166 in 6th grade, IICI and g4/400 in 8th grade, and powerbook g4/667 soon. im n the process of acquiring a color classic too. and yes johnny, im upgrading the g4 to support Quartz Extreme (im going to get a 32 mb radeon or a radeon 8500).
i have all these macs (except for the old powerbook) and a plw NTR. during the summer, i may move them all into the basement. TX, i may crunch RC5 with the rig of oldies. |
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LowJack
join:2000-07-19
Seattle, WA | reply to tmpchaos
Hey, why hasn't TXLongHorn tried yet...
Do you guys know about RC5? |
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buckonator
join:2000-04-10
Marcus Hook, PA
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Re: Enter, and sign in please
My name is Buck, I am a reformed Mac user.
My computer daze started in high school with a TRS-80.
Later, in college, a roommate had one of the first IBM portables.
Then, another roommate had an apple II.
I graduated, went into the working world, used both Macs and PC's.
My first PC was a 286.
Then I bought a 486/Pentium/Pentium II - kept upgrading the durn thing to keep up with M$ updates.
Believed the hype - became an NT weenie.
Wanted one of the first "toilet seat" iBooks.
Settled for a Powerbook instead.
Replaced it with a TiBook.
Got X.
Got a G4 dualie.
Threw out PC.
Never looked back.
Amaze people at work with the TiBook, which runs rings around the Dull PCs we use.
X kicks butt. |
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Brendan
Warr Guitar is here
join:2000-07-14
Littleton, CO
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I'm Brendan, and I'm a die-hard Apple fan. Been using Apple computers since I can first remember; starting off in elementary school with Apple II's (II+, IIe, IIc, and a few IIgs') and eventually moving on to the Mac. My family's first home computer was an Apple IIgs, Woz edition. It was loaded for its day; has two 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy drives, 1.25 megs RAM (woohoo!), Apple 12 inch color display, and ImageWriter II printer. My dad is a teacher, and uses it to this day for AppleWorks (the original, Apple II edition) and GradeBusters gradebook program.
We then got a Performa 6400/200 in 1996. Dad was going to use that for the Mac version of GradeBusters, until he found out his school district was going to charge him for it. He said, "To hell with that. I'll just use the IIgs." So, I was given the 6400, and used it for five years until I got my G4. At the end of its life, the 6400 had a 320 mhz G3 upgrade, maxed RAM (136 megs, I think), 10/100 Ethernet, and an ATI Nexus 128 video card.
I now have a PowerMac G4, dual 533, with 1.25 gigs RAM, GeForce3 graphics, two 7200 rpm hard disks- one stock 40 gig and one 120 gig for my studio, and a 24 bit analog/MIDI/digital audio input card.
My next purchase will be the G5 PowerBook. 
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"She said, 'Unlearn; you must forget the values that you hold. Life is not longevity, and beauty is the only goal.'" - Killing Joke, Pandemonium
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Bryon
R.I.P. Bassman442
Premium
join:2001-07-23
Speedway, IN
clubs:
·Comcast
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Hi everyone, my name is Bryon (long-time lurker, first-time poster).
I sold Burroughs mainframe and mini-computer equipment in the early to mid 80s. Then along came PCs with terminal emulation. I learned CPM, then multiuser CPM, BTOS/CTOS, PC-DOS, and MS-DOS.
I went to pickup a custom cable one day and saw a Mac (512K-E) for the first time. Within 3 months, I went to work for a Mac reseller and stayed for 10 years. In that time, I had implemented hundreds of Appletalk networks with thousands of workstations (Apple IIe, IIgs, and Macs) to businesses and schools throughout the midwest.
I now manage the technology at a small, private PreK-12 school that is 90% mac-based. I also support all my family/friends' technology that I trickle down to them from my technology "investments".
Currently, my personal inventory consists of an G3/266 all-in-one (soon to be replaced with a SuperDrive iMac or tower), iBook466, my wife and daughter's iMac333, Gateway P4/Win2K Pro (see how the other half lives), SnapServer 1000 w/ mirrored 80Gbs (AFP, FTP, HTTP), and HP color laserjet 4500 all 100Mb switched throughout the house with comcast to the outside world.
Thanx for letting me drone on...
breal@mac.com
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Tex Longhorn
45-35
Premium,MVM
join:2001-01-05
San Diego, CA
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by breal:
I now manage the technology at a small, private PreK-12 school that is 90% mac-based.
Visions of RC5 dance in my head.
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Nevermind |
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Mauricio9
Premium
join:2001-12-04
Vancouver, BC
| reply to tmpchaos
Been around for a while, but maybe haven't introduced myself... here it goes.
I'm Mauricio, an Economics Ph.D. student, hopefully growing out of it within the next year. First computer was a TI 99-4/A, back in 1983, in Argentina, where I lived until 1998 and where we get all the technology with a two year lag at best. Next was a Lisa II modified to run Mac XL, followed by a Mac 512 expanded and a Mac Plus with a whopping 2.5 MB of ram and a maxed out SCSI chain. Had that for a few years until I took in a Performa 475 and a secondhand 6100/60, which I had to run without the cover and with an extra fan. After moving to Chicago in 1998 I got an original Bondi Blue iMac, which went to computer heaven during a thunderstorm (get those surge protectors!) and I now thrive happily on a G3 400 Mhz ruby iMac, with OS X and 640 MB of ram. Just hoping to become a prof at some school that will give me a fat research account to get that G5 TiBook... |
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