Now on with the report.
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Codename: Z
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 68th Macintosh Liberation
Position: Sniper
Military Identification Number: <Classified>

Real Name: <Classified>
Age: 19
Specialty: Powerbooks

Date of Birth: <Classified>
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1994?

Biography:
Captain “Z”, as he is known, is an enigmatic person. The only information known about thisperson is limited to those of the highest intellegence and positions of authority.

Captain “Z” appeared on the warfront sometime durning the Dark Ages of 1994 to 1997. At the time, he began his training with the repairs of numerous 68K Macintoshes, with a specific skill for Powerbook systems. Within a few months of training, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.

In 1998, Captain “Z” was placed on special assignment to learn of the newest Macintoshes and report back prior to the knowledge being leaked to the enemy. After mission success, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. With exeplory skill in marksmanship, there were 4 confirmed kills of PC’s durning that mission (2 more unconfirmed).

Under the leadership of General “FireWire is Fast”, he is the secret weapon in the great Operating System war. He also is now in stages of testing a prototype Powerbook-controled Sniper Rifle, which has pinpoint accuracy for over half a mile.

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Codename: ~Coxy
Rank: Commander
Battalion: Tactical Operations Unit, Macintosh Liberation Army
Position: Leader
Military Identification Number: <Classified>

Real Name: <Classified>
Age: 16
Specialty: All Models

Date of Birth: <Classified>
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1994

Biography:
~Coxy is a dynamic and spirited individual who also has a unique sense of flippantness. Always the first to get things done, he was instrumental in the formation of the forums and is the original author of the 68KMLA FAQ.

~Coxy allied with the Macintosh side in 1994, with the aquisition of an LC 575. He first started liberation in 2000, with the purchasing of four computers in that year. To date he has liberated 16 models. Early to join the 68KMLA, he started in the Tactical Operations Unit from the onset, soon becoming the Commander of the section.

With his colleague General “FireWire is Fast”, he oversees all sections of the army, in order to observe the various skills and combat readiness of the army, and the successful implementation of Tactical Operations.
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Real Name: <Classified>
Age: 20
Specialty: Compact Macs and Spritual Practices

Date of Birth: DisMember 28th, 1980
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1990

Biography:
Marchie (so named for his beleif in Lewis Carrol's Alice stories as works of spiritual significance) is the Chaplain of the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army, helping the flock maintain it's mission, and their individual passions for the good work they do.

Trained in the arts of Hyperscript programmeing, his arsenal of automation and assitance stacks is vital for the day to day use of older Macs. Tapping for years what his brethren call "StackMagic", after several commisions abroad, Marchie turned towords the spiritual nature of Macs and their users.
Zen and the Art of Resource Editing has become a standard reading for those that consort regularly in his Chapel of Macs, above the doors of which reads "All Chimes Abandon, ye who enter here".

Marchie now resides in Michigan, writing OS shells in Hyperscript, reincarnating dead Macs for new, Chi-directing purposes, and keeping the flock pure of Mac-bashing PC users with his Compact Mac Staff of Justice with Implodeing CRT head, and whip of braided twisted-pair cabeling.

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~Chaplain Marchie
68k Macintosh Liberation Army

Real Name: Joel
Age: 16
Specialty: Soda and snack food theft

Date of Birth: Thurday the 13th (really)
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1989?

Extended Biography and Equipment History:
The first documented use of a Mac by candyPunk can be found in some folder on his iMac where he has MacPaint files from his grandmother's old SE whose creation dates are in 1989. It is speculated that he observed his brother's use of said SE for many months before taking control himself. These and other MacPaint files are being requisitioned by MLA command to further complete a psychological profile of Captain candyPunk. Of special interest are the files titled "klubba hubba," "kigbobby#2," and "DON'T ASK ME ? HA HA!" It is assumed that candyPunk was not able to spell nor type effectively at this point.

At the age of 5, a Mac Plus was procured for the use of candyPunk and his brother. Further MacPaint files were created but have been lost. Kid's Time software was utilized in a successful effort to learn the concepts of mathematics. Certain evidence points to the use of Carmen Sandiego games on the Plus and the earlier-mentioned SE.

Christmas of 1993 brought a Quadra 660av into service under the direction of candyPunk and his brother, who absolutely went balistic when he saw that the machine had CD-ROM, color, and a multifinder. Plus it had the high quality speech recognition capabilities found in the Mac OS's of today! This Quadra has since served in the household of candyPunk's paternal grandmother, been left in a closet, and then returned to active duty roughly 18 months ago. During its original tour of duty, it was to travel unprecedented distances through the eWorld and America Online services. It was also used as a video editing/exporting machine by candyPunk's brother.

A Power Macintosh clone was purchased for 200 dollars less than the 200-times-better Apple equivilent sometime between 1996 and 1997. This addition effectively removed the Quadra from duty until its hard drive was replaced and it was sent, in an effort to get it out of the house, to candyPunk's grandmother (who never used it despite her son paying for many months of AOL service, which he may still be engaged in as she now has the mac clone)

candyPunk regained interest in 68k macintoshes in mid-2000, when he decided to turn the Quadra 660av into an MP3 player. This endevor failed, of course. The machine turned out to be perfectly good for maelstrom, though. See Document 4305(a) for further information on candyPunk's career with the 68kMLA and most recent assignments.

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{ candyPunk }
{ Captain of Observation, 68k MLA }
{ Macs liberated: 6 }
{ My baby: Q660av }

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Date of Birth: DisMember 28th, 1980
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1990

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~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
68k Macintosh Liberation Army (now with forums!)
00013 Macs liberated.

Real Name: ******* *******
Age: 35
Specialty: Reviving compact Macintoshs on the battlefield

Date of Birth: ****** **,1966
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1984

Biography:
After having hand-built a 64kb RAM extension for his Sinclair ZX-80, and after having added an external keyboard for said computer, and after seeing his friend get a Radio Shack TRaSh-80 with 4KB of RAM, he thought, "There has to be a better way!"

Then he went to an Art College in New York City, where he was exposed to the Macintosh for the very first time. He was amazed and astonished that computers could be made to actually do something useful! So much for his Dad's PCjr, he thought.

He quickly became proficient in restarting Macs when they froze on graphic artist-types, running System 3.5!

During this time, he couldn't afford his own Mac, so he and his girlfriend bought an Amiga 500 (color!).

Finally, in 1994, he bought a Mac Plus and 33MB HDD from a friend for $400. What a bargain! This was and still is his first Macintosh!

After this taste of Macintosh Paradise, Private Entrance knew his life's mission: to risk everything for the rescue and liberation of 68k Macs everywhere. No matter what the dangers from the mice of the Windows enemy, he stands eternally vigilant, soldering iron and V/O Meter in hand, to race to the aid of any ailing 68k Mac.

(****** indicates sensitive material redacted by the Compact-Mac Information Agency, or CIA)
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After having hand-built a 64kb RAM extension for his Sinclair ZX-80, and after having added an external keyboard for said computer, and after seeing his friend get a Radio Shack TRaSh-80 with 4KB of RAM, he thought, "There has to be a better way!"

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{ candyPunk }
{ Captain of Observation, 68k MLA }
{ Macs liberated: 6 }
{ My baby: Q660av }

Real Name: <Classified>
Age: 15
Specialty: n/a

Date of Birth: Avril 7th, 1986
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1986

Biography: Christophillis is a recent recruit to the 68th. He just recently heard about it's greatness from his colleague skamen. He has owned a 68k all his life so he found it appropriate to inlist.

His father who is a graphic designer, has owned a mac since his birth. He has been around mac's his intire life and finds non-macs worthless, and their users even more so.

His first time on a mac was when he played Loom and Hellcats over the Pacific on his father's LC. Christophillis now resides in Michigan, where he attends high school and saves for his next mac purchase.

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Codename: "GORDOOM"
Rank: Lieutenant (pronounced "Lef-tenant" because I AM CANADIAN!!!!!)
Battalion: Academic Operations Reserve, University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Position: Commander, Reserves
Military Identification Number: <Classified>

Real Name: Gordon Harris
Age: 19
Specialty: Scientific data analysis and cross-platform infiltration

Date of Birth: April 10, 1982
Date of Affiliation with allied side: September, 1989

Biography:

Lieutenant GORDOOM was one of the fortunate few whose early computer experience was solely provided by machines from Apple. After spending a year working with an old Apple //e, he got his first taste of the Mac in 1989, with a Mac Plus owned by his school. Over the next five years, his school afforded him several opportunities to develop his Mac skills, particularly page layout using PageMaker (3.0!) and HyperTalk programming (with which at one point he created a Mac tutorial, which has since been unfortunately lost).

Upon leaving elementary school in 1994, he was faced with a starkly different world. During this dark period, the Wintel juggernaut was launching a seemingly-unstoppable offensive over the Mac forces, and his high school was firmly held within the enemy's territory. For several years, he was forced to use Wintel machines in his daily affairs. Though he was at first content with this, he gradually began to become more and more frustrated at the problems inherent with Windows, and began his quest for a better way of life.

Finally, in 1998, he stumbled upon his first Mac since the early years: a Power Mac 6100 sitting essentially idle in one of the marketing classrooms (of all places!), which he quickly requisitioned for his own use, dubbing it "Gaudium," which is the Latin word for "joy." (His school was trying to publish a yearbook on Windows machines... and had many difficulties.) After six months of this, he had finally earned enough money to purchase his own Mac: a rev. B iMac which he named "Spes," meaning "hope."

As he used his new iMac more and more, he began noticing even more than previously the awkwardness inherent in using Windows, and became even more convinced of the superiority of the Mac Way. Upon leaving for university in the fall of 2000, he quickly used a large portion of his scholarship funds to buy a new PowerBook, which he christened "Fides," meaning "faith." (Spes was sold to a friend in residence, who quickly became a follower of the true and right path based on her experience with her new iMac.)

His liberation operations began in the fall of 2001, with an almost accidental find of an SE/30 and a IIx bound for the scrap heap. Recognising the dangers inherent to old Macs in this place, he became more vigilant, saving another Mac from the ignominy of this fate and a fourth from the shame of a thrift shop. Though he is not active in the regular liberation operations of the Army, he remains vigilant, ever ready to step in where needed to preserve the Macs that have faithfully served so many, and to show those around him the purity and truth of the Mac Way.

Current Macs:

PowerBook ("Pismo")/400 "Fides" - Latin for "faith"
SE/30 "Sodapop" - my girlfriend named it this, because it's so small and perky :)
LC "Bovinity Divinity" - named after a flavour of Ben and Jerry's, because of the LC's codename ("Elsie," as in "Elsie the Cow")
Performa 580 "Kitty Basket" - again named by my girlfriend, as sort of a double entendre

Deceased Macs:

IIx "Clade Runner" - named for all the phylogenetic analysis tools found on its hard drive - either has a dead motherboard or power supply

GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 4
(as of November 8, 2001)

Real Name: <classified>
Age: 20something
Specialty: Pre-Mac IIci/si

Date of Birth: February 11, 197x
Date of affiliation with allied side: 1981

Biography:

Experience with the allied side began once he was old enough to be trusted near the computer (see: not being rough on the keyboard like he was with the Commodore PET). Nothing serious - just some fun and games. Then light BASIC game programming that consisted of copying code from books and some experimentation.

The MAC was discovered at a university his father works at in 1985. It was a nifty computer which used pictures and mice instead of a command line.

This was followed by the department getting in a couple of II's with TOBY video cards that display 256 colors. Then the family had to get one, and a IIcx was bought in spring '89. Many HyperCard stacks were created in its wake.

When visiting a friend in summer '97 he mentioned a 512K he had that he wasn't using anymore. The oppritunity was jumped on, and a return to the old days followed. The first Mac was liberated
Then in 1997 the IIcx (which was handed down to Brandon) began to fall ill. Luckily, another friend had just picked up a Mac II and was looking for someone who could use it. The hard drive was too big, but it kept the IIcx limping along for another couple of months.

Due to changing needs, it was apparent that the IIcx had to be substituted and a new beige G3 was bought. But the spirit carried on and rose again when a less fortunate friend needed a computer and a Quadra 950 system was given to Brandon in payment for work done, resulting in the 4th liberated Mac.

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Codename: FireWire is fast
Rank: 4 star General
Batallion: '040 Fighter Squadron
Position: Leader (duh!)
Military Indentification Number: <classified>

Real Name: <classified>
Age: 16
Specialty: Quadras

Date of Birth: <classified>
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1992

started typing but it turned out to be too long. Here's a (very) abrreviated version.

General FireWire is fast, along with the help of his collegues is head of the 68k MLA's website. Having an eye for layout/design (and being a freakish perfectionist), he doesn't trust the html of any other soldier. ().

First computer experience: Apple IIe, IIc, ColorClassic (school)
First computer: Performa 6200CD
First liberated Mac: LC II
Main 68k: Quadra 650
Main PPC: 400 MHz iMac DV Special Edition

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short but sweet

FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
Forum moderator
68k Macintosh Liberation Army

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I'm saluting someone the same age as me? I feel so inferior. I suppose rank is determined on the basis of merit, though. You just watch - one of these days I'll be a general. Or not.

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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
Forum moderator
68k Macintosh Liberation Army

Biography

One fine sunny afternoon, Warrior maclover5 was forced onto this new "Macintosh computer" thingy by his teacher 8 years ago back in grade 3. At first he had resistance to the forcing, as he didn't really care for computers. However, after he used it, it was a different story. The Mac was an LCII. Little did he know that in about 8 years time, he would have an obsession for these things.

Towards the end of the year, his father decided it would be a good idea to buy a computer. He originally wanted a PC, but i asked about a Macintosh. He told me about this thing that makes it work like a Mac, but I didn't think it would be the same. Turned out it wasn't. (Windows) After Mum mentioned the use of Macintoshes at school, he turned around and one afternoon i came home to see him looking at Apple brochures. I showed him the machine we had in class, the LCII, and asked about it. But he had his eyes on something different. An LCIII. Sure enough, that Christmas, we got an LCIII with a whopping 4 megs of ram and an 80 meg hard drive. In separate boxes were a 14" Macintosh Colour Display, a StyleWriter II and an AppleCD 300. This thing was amazing. After 8 years, the Apple Extended Keyboard II that came with it still has the "new" smell! (A funny thing that happened that afternoon is that we had friends over, and their daughter left, and took the keys with her. However, there was a window open, so Mum and Dad pushed my little body through this window, and i went and unlocked the door. Several boxes of computer soon followed, and the monster was soon set up.)

Flash forward to 1996, I was transferred to another school and entered another world. There were Macintoshes, but there were also these weird PCs running that newfangled Windows 95 thing. It looked good, but i still preferred my LCIII (which got a ram upgrade at the end of the year, to a total of 20 megs) A year later (1997), i was stuck into MacAddict and hated Windows and DOS enough to be a huge Mac zealot. Anything PC was a big no-no.

In 1998, my liberation efforts started when one morning i went to Keyboarding class to learn how to type on 486s (how boring), when i saw all the machines that they were getting ready to sell at the school fete. Among all the old XTs and 286s was a certain computer though. This was a different computer. It was a Macintosh Classic II. Unfortunately I was ill for that fete, so i told Mum to try and get it. She got it. It really made my day. And this thing could have been on its way to the house of an uncaring PC user. Its now sitting next to me, still humming along, whereas if it had gone to a PC user, it probably would have had its funeral back in 1998. It is still yet to have a funeral. This was the first of many. The first liberated Mac. In 1999 i found a really good find. An original 128k Mac with the original manuals and software, and a few games. It also had a whole box full of old and rare manuals. This was exciting. I later found out that it had been upgraded to a 512ke via new RAM and new ROMs and an internal 800k floppy as well as the external. That thing is still going well today. 2000 bought with it an LCII 10/40, which I have been getting a lot of use out of, making the third liberated Mac. The Classic IIs hard drive died a few months ago, so its currently without a hard drive, so i'm looking for a cheap 160 meg for the LCIII (The 80 meg died in 1999, got replaced with a 40 meg. :() That will not only make Georgina (the LCIII) be less embarrassed, but will also let me put the 40 meg in the LCII to make it into a System 6 box for playing old games on.

2001 was a terrific year for liberation, as many big things happened, with the arrival of an LC475, the creation of the Hackintosh, the safe arrival of Crusader (my LC630) and the forming of the 68kMLA. This now brings me up to 5 Macs liberated, though i hope to bring that up to 6, 7 or possibly 8, depending on how successful the QFW68KPB Project (Quest For a Working 68K PowerBook Project) is. What i have to do is:

Try and fix my 100 by fixing up a loose solder joint
Try and locate a 145B display cable (locally)
There is this Duo 210 I have my eyes on...

So now i just have to wonder. What next?

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Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!!

1. Is there anyone who hasn't put down a "service record" on here? I'm curious to see more of them...

2. Is there any chance of this going up as a page on the Web site?

GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 14
(as of January 7, 2002)

-raWr

Codename: cinemafia
Rank: Major
Battalion: Guerilla/Covert Ops & Reconnaissance, Macintosh Liberation Army
Position: Leader
Military Identification Number: <Classified>

Real Name: <Classified>
Other known aliases: Cine, El Cine, Cinemo, Cinema, Cinemoof
Age: 23
Specialty: Mac II series and the Quadra 840av

Date of Birth: 1978
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1986

Biography:
Beginning his long career in 68k Armed combat with a floppy-driven Mac Plus in 1986, El Cine used this machine for years to produce a well-distributed underground magazine called "Twisted Gazette". Later, his thirst for better DTP capabities led him to a Duo 280 along with a Docking station and 14" AV monitor, where the world of color and the internet suddenly became very real.

By the mid-90's, Cinemo was regularly using his portable, PowerBook 160 for design purposes. Even in 1997, the year the 160 was destroyed, Cine used the PowerBook to create an entire album of sequenced music and to run his freelance graphic design business, creating posters and flyers for numerous high-brow artists, musicians and politicians. After the PowerBook 160 was destroyed, Cine went without a Mac of his own for years, having to rely on those found at CalArts.

At CalArts, Cinemoof was trained in the methodology of using Macs and other equipment to create films and videos. In 1998, he got his first Tech job, as a help desk agent for AT&T Worldnet. Here he learned the ins and outs of the PC/Wintel world for the first time, what better way to fight than to know thine enemy? Building up a good network of contacts within the PC world has also helped him develop a crack team of reconnaissance and espionage, useful for defending the battlions of 68k soldiers.

Eventually, the need for a Mac of his own grew too strong, and in 1999 he plunked down $500 on a PowerMac 7500. Three years and several hundred dollars later, Cine has built an armada of 68k macs, as well as made many upgrades to his still-running 7500. Still, he longs for a NWR Mac, having nothing faster than a 604e. However, he makes up for what he lacks in new technology by pushing his 68k collection to very limits- doing things with 68k that man was never meant to!!!

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666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
Regular Disappear!

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QFW68KPB Project SUCCESS!!!!!

Real Name: Paul
Age: 15
Specialty: Toying around with old hardware and software.

Date of Birth: spring 1987
Date of Affiliation with allied side: 1997?

Biography:All my life I have been fascinated with electronics and software that has long not been used. I always had to have the oldest software I could find, now I am even collecting hardware. I give old computers, whether they be Macintosh or PC a good home. I try to keep them set up and in daily use. My collection of abandonware is a treasure, I am sure to keep it.

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