I also got my recently purchased mint-condition Mac Plus out of the closet and told my Dad he could have it, since the Plus they have at home (which we bought new in 1986) has a bad CRT. However, they had too much luggage, so they'll take it home the next time they come. I left it setup on the floor in my daughter's room, and she had fun playing Shanghai and using SuperPaint on it. A single 800k floppy drive will truly sober an adult...but is lots of fun for a rowdy 2-year-old.

Oh yeah, and speaking of my LAN...it's up and running! All I needed was a crossover ethernet cable, which I received from an eBay auction last week, and I was set. I still need four more ethernet patch cables, though, as right now all that's connected is my 7500 and my Quadra 840av, but both are receiving TCP/IP (finally!). I'm picking up four more cables from a local eBay seller for $5 later today, and that should be all I need.

Another good piece of news, my dad is getting rid of his old NEC SilentWriter 95! He bought a new Epson laser printer for his iBook and iMac, and doesn't need the big, old-school printer anymore. He told me he's going to send it to me this week...HOORAY! Once I get it I can connect it to my LAN and have all my Macs (and the filthy IBM, too) print to it. That's one thing I can't do with my Canon multi-function BubbleJet machine.

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