Trash80toHP_Mini
NIGHT STALKER
. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition!
When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodies. My Bell & Howell Slide Projector along with a metric crapload of its cubes and slide boxes filled with Kodachromes taken over some 25 years with my battery-free manual camera/lens collection. She also gifted me with the remainder of the rug-rat's MacMediaCenter!
The Performa 6290 CD, which replaced the Quadra 630 that was the first new (as in current and not remaindered) Mac I'd ever bought for myself and still retain!
The Apple Extended Keyboard II and ADB Mouse II that replaced the PS2 KBD/Mouse combo on the MiniView KVM I'd already snagged. The rug-rat's 486 Class Mid-Tower (POS) internet box (dialup AmericOffline at the time) became redundant upon his purchase of a 15” PowerBook for college.
The FirstGen Apple TV Tuner System (I bought it along with the Q630) w/the original credit card sized remote that I'll have to ask her to find and foreward to me.
The PowerKey that booted the entire Mac/Wintel system at the touch of the ADB startup key on the MiniView KVM/Mac Converter Box and then shut down both systems from the Mac.
The 17” Sony Trinitron, that was the envy of all his WinTel afflicted friends at first sight. It absolutely blew them away when they saw how he watched TV from his bed using the credit card remote. I'd also run co-ax to his system so that he got full access to the cable box and VCR in our bedroom. Seeing him running the whole setup with a CrapShack remote control repeater, their mouths just hung open in shock at what this, by then a VERY dated Q630, setup could do as compared to their fancy new WinTel rigs! It was also the Monitor/CPU that I'd use for work after the munchkin fell asleep!
The rug-rat also gifted me with the refurb AppleDesign Powered Speakers we'd given to him for some occasion or other.
It was a very nice haul under any other circumstances, but in this case, it is very special to me. Because, even the thought of setting it up causes my eyes to water up at all the memories/emotions that this system evokes in me.
Anyways, I thought I'd share whatever you'd call this windfall (?) with all of you here at the barracks.
Jt: misting up a bit ATM . . . :'(
When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodies. My Bell & Howell Slide Projector along with a metric crapload of its cubes and slide boxes filled with Kodachromes taken over some 25 years with my battery-free manual camera/lens collection. She also gifted me with the remainder of the rug-rat's MacMediaCenter!
The Performa 6290 CD, which replaced the Quadra 630 that was the first new (as in current and not remaindered) Mac I'd ever bought for myself and still retain!
The Apple Extended Keyboard II and ADB Mouse II that replaced the PS2 KBD/Mouse combo on the MiniView KVM I'd already snagged. The rug-rat's 486 Class Mid-Tower (POS) internet box (dialup AmericOffline at the time) became redundant upon his purchase of a 15” PowerBook for college.
The FirstGen Apple TV Tuner System (I bought it along with the Q630) w/the original credit card sized remote that I'll have to ask her to find and foreward to me.
The PowerKey that booted the entire Mac/Wintel system at the touch of the ADB startup key on the MiniView KVM/Mac Converter Box and then shut down both systems from the Mac.
The 17” Sony Trinitron, that was the envy of all his WinTel afflicted friends at first sight. It absolutely blew them away when they saw how he watched TV from his bed using the credit card remote. I'd also run co-ax to his system so that he got full access to the cable box and VCR in our bedroom. Seeing him running the whole setup with a CrapShack remote control repeater, their mouths just hung open in shock at what this, by then a VERY dated Q630, setup could do as compared to their fancy new WinTel rigs! It was also the Monitor/CPU that I'd use for work after the munchkin fell asleep!
The rug-rat also gifted me with the refurb AppleDesign Powered Speakers we'd given to him for some occasion or other.
It was a very nice haul under any other circumstances, but in this case, it is very special to me. Because, even the thought of setting it up causes my eyes to water up at all the memories/emotions that this system evokes in me.
Anyways, I thought I'd share whatever you'd call this windfall (?) with all of you here at the barracks.
Jt: misting up a bit ATM . . . :'(
Its always really nice to have a machine like that, that you have such fond memories of, come full-circle and be gifted to you. 
