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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  16:34:04
Reminiscent of MA's frequent box, I'd like to start a big list of these. They could go on the website. Here's mine, to start it: (true)

...you put off getting dressed for prom to install a new HD in your Quadra, and then try to write in to a Mac forum about it, but curse the Microsoft webserver that hosts the MLA...

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  20:01:20
... You wish you had the box that your Quadra came in 5 owners before you, so that you COULD live in the box of your favorite computer.

... As a PAF raising tactic, you show that you are learning alot by creating a nice orderly network with all of your computers, THAT CREATES TOTAL CHAOS AND MAKES YOU LOSE TONS OF FILES. You don't care though because you have 3 more computers than you'd otherwise be allowed to have.

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emaq123
Junior Member


USA
258 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  20:30:18
... You build desks from scratch because you need more room to setup that mac you just brought home...


Plans for workbench / storage unit from pallets available in macdraft format.

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  20:46:24
Where do I get MacDraft??? I'd like to see plans for a custom desk

... when you would like a projector, just to see the beauty of system 7 *that* much bigger.

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emaq123
Junior Member


USA
258 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  22:05:20
quote:

Where do I get MacDraft??? I'd like to see plans for a custom desk

... when you would like a projector, just to see the beauty of system 7 *that* much bigger.

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Looks like I got my copy at:
http://www.multimac.ch/download/applications/MacDraft/

I still have to do some detail notes on the drawings, but you're welcome to a copy. The desk / workbench is a variation of my desk which I just put into use. It is a reproduction of a desk I saw in a catalog. They wanted $1700.00 (US) for it. I built mine out of solid red oak for about $400.00 (us).

The workbench is 4' wide, 2 - 3' deep. It will have three drawers which each hold two rows of cds in cases. The drawers will be about 2' deep. At the base there is a shelf 12 - 18" deep coming out from the back for storing computers and such on. No screws or nails are used in the construction. I'm building about 5 of these with different drawer configurations for my computer room out of recycled wood. Eight computers on display, a bench for working on, and tons of storage.

I should have the detail drawings done soon. I tend to build this stuff out of my head.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  23:15:51
quote:

... when you would like a projector, just to see the beauty of system 7 *that* much bigger.

I like that one. 7.1 forever.

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 :  23:59:59
I need 7.1 one day... I'll go with A/UX
IIsi runnin A/ux and a projector fun

...when you keep hundreds of floppies around "because there's not enough room on your hard drive"

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Gothikon
Full Member


Australia
537 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  05:27:23
...you're still afraid to upgrade to multifinder

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shaktiman
Senior Member


United Kingdom
1226 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  11:05:36
What is multifinder?

When you have one mac without monitor in your sons room, one in computer room as recording studio set-up(my Quadra is very happy with this), One in the wardrobe waiting for an upgrade to 8100/110 powermac(still a 68k, I guess not but a Nubus yes), one in the attick.

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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member


USA
747 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  11:10:36
...You can adjust your monitor height simply by stacking more or less Quadras under it.

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Clinton
Full Member


USA
700 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  15:37:49
....When you know what MultiFinder is!

....When you install an INIT to make apps switch like in MultiFinder

....When you cram as many macs as possible into one room, unobtrusivly ;) ALL with monitors/keyboards/etc., and all localtalked

....When you cheer when shreve systems has their big clerance sales

CCC

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  20:35:12
... You run A/UX as your main webserver because "you already had it around" and "you need the money you had for your growing addiction"

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  21:10:08
quote:

....When you cheer when shreve systems has their big clerance sales

...When you hold a memorial service for Shreve Systems.

(That one isn't so true, but what the heck)

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 27 Apr 2003 :  21:29:00
... when you can't think of anything more for this thread, but you desperately need all of these for use in the MLAgazine (which is coming along nicely)

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2003 :  19:51:12
...when your quadra towers rarely have casings on them because you're always trying to get new big hard drives to work

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2003 :  20:07:57
YOu really just wanted to have that desktop be vertical, so that it's easier to put new cool stuff in it.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  09:29:29
...when you are a part of the 68K MLA!

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Macsimumpower
Starting Member



3 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  17:28:37
...the hard drive in your PB 190cs is bigger than the one in your friend's Lombard...

...you take the 24x cd out of your 8600/250 and put it into your Quadra 800...

...you have a system 7 theme installed on your G3...

All of the above apply to me ;)

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  18:40:24
I hear that, Macsimumpower! Except the 24x cd. I really don't think you're getting much benefit out of that. Somewhere the number 8x was floating around as the fastest drive an 840av could use well. In any case, welcome aboard!

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llamaboy487
Full Member


USA
516 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  19:07:11
...when your SE FDHD doesnt really do anything, but you keep it around just because you can

...when you'd trade a kidney for a mac 128k prototype with a Twiggy disk drive

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  20:23:31
... when you'd go into a SARS ridden country (on discount air-travel ofcourse) just to get your hands on the elusive PowerBook 550c or Color Classic II.

... You know of a way to use A/UX as a directory server for A/UX clients.

... Your lab of Quadras (pending a PowerBook 550c, color classic II and AWGS95 from Japan) awaits your return...

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emaq123
Junior Member


USA
258 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  20:50:45
... all of your "Trophy Computers" run on a 68k chip...

(Lisa 2/10, Macintosh (no other label needed), 030 Cube (It's black...))


... a box of 800k floppies is a great find...

... you load a new computer and wonder what you will do with 230MB of HD space...

... you know there is more than one mac 9 pin serial mouse and can list more than 3 differences.

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 01 May 2003 :  21:11:58
... You would never trade your ImageWriter (ImageBanger) II for anything newer and you use printer sharing (or the other method of marchies') to use it on your newest nacs (including TiBooks and dual processor G4s)

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AnubisTTP
Junior Member


USA
308 Posts
Posted - 02 May 2003 :  04:28:54
Your house is on fire. Everyone else grabs for the valuables and runs, and you reach for your mint condition HD20...

You have had to warn someone not to touch one of your Macs because it is a load bearing portion of your Mac stack.

You have an extensive procedure manual.. spread across multiple volumes... on how to sneak Macs around the PAF/SAF.

You are told that you need to learn to share more with others and you reply "Well, I would like to, but none of them have Appletalk turned on in the Chooser".

Someone asked you what you would get first if you won the lottery, and the first thing that popped into your head was "A case cracker".

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 02 May 2003 :  06:10:34
... Your MacStack is an extension to your desk.

... You want an ANS500 and an SE/30 because the SE/30 would make a great terminal for the ANS and the ANS would make a good desk for the SE/30.

... You wish that the MLA was hosted on an Xserve in your own home.

... You wish that you had room for an Xserve in your own home.

... Just for the 68ks, you wish your own home had a few extra rooms.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 04 May 2003 :  13:07:23
Those are classic, cory5412

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 04 May 2003 :  20:05:16
... you create a new version of a website you like because it doesn't work well on your small 68k screen.

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 04 May 2003 :  20:12:34
All those apply to me, Cory.

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 04 May 2003 :  21:03:35
... You would love to travel back in time with your Mac 128K because you'd like to see a medieval response to such magic!

thanks guys I never knew I'd be good at coming up with these things... but maybe I am???

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 04 May 2003 :  22:40:29
No, I'd take my iMac back to 1983 and show the Mac Division!!!

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Gothikon
Full Member


Australia
537 Posts
Posted - 05 May 2003 :  05:17:59
Man! I've been meaning to do that for ages, just imagine what the Mac would be like now!!!!

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 05 May 2003 :  06:03:19
hehehe... but think if we introduced it WAY before then!!! it'd be "totally groovy" or something... we could bring g4's and stuff to the medieval times and it'd be serveral hundred years ago they have our current stuff... wed have "apple in a few hundred years"

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onionkid
Starting Member


Sweden
35 Posts
Posted - 05 May 2003 :  10:54:51
Once I dreamt that 4 children went to me to get their brains (20mb HD:s) reformatted and 7.1 installed. When I woke up i felt like I could use some time away from the flame-protection powder that made my whole garage stink .

Another time I dreamt that I found a whole box full of 68k goodies in the street. One was a VRAM-chip connected to the modem port

..when your macs haunt your dreams.

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Commodore64
Starting Member


Sweden
47 Posts
Posted - 05 May 2003 :  16:37:42
Not so good, but..

... when your parents are threatening to throw you out if you take more hardware into your room and you are still thinking about how many macs you can hide without them noticing.

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 05 May 2003 :  21:37:21
.... You wanted a big van mostly so you could haul more macs (and stealthily and slowly trickle them into your house)

.... You are glad you live less than 10 miles from the swap meet because you can walk to check out the mac deals and you know your mom'll be driving to get you in a half-hour anyway.

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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 06 May 2003 :  14:43:10
quote:

Once I dreamt that 4 children went to me to get their brains (20mb HD:s) reformatted and 7.1 installed. When I woke up i felt like I could use some time away from the flame-protection powder that made my whole garage stink .

Another time I dreamt that I found a whole box full of 68k goodies in the street. One was a VRAM-chip connected to the modem port

..when your macs haunt your dreams.


YES! I too have had weird and distressing 68K dreams. When trying to get my LCNES up and running, I was looking for a good ADB solution to get the port in the front and I didn't want to shell out cash for an extender cable (I eventutally did). I dreamt that someone from Motorolla gave me an ADB port off the back of a mac, and that the pins inside could have wires soldered to them to create a female end to an ADB cable, like an extender. However, the hole where all those 4 pins were was so small that soldering was almost impossible. I got upset about my lost possiblility, and then woke up.

...when you can say "I too have had weird and distressing 68K dreams"

...when you have a dead IIGS mobo above your bed that gives you dreams about ADB ports...

...when you have a dead PB150 and a dead Classic mobo on your wall as decoration, with serial cables and phone cords going to SDSL and 14.4 modems every which way

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 06 May 2003 :  18:14:49
.... When you eat Quadra-Os

.... When you are disgusted to hear that there is a kind of shoe called "Performa"

.... When you start thinking wishfully when your evil friends pretend to be your 6100 motherboard talking to you

.... When you toss and turn because one of your serial ports broke off your Quadra

.... when the above worries you, but you only have one serial device

.... when the meaning of "homo milk" has been pounded into your head by the canadians and you have it all the time with your Quadra-Os

.... You only need a 9GB scsi hard drive because a 4 minute song takes 40 MB in AIFF format.

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alpaca2500
Junior Member


USA
102 Posts
Posted - 06 May 2003 :  22:32:54
quote:
... You want an ANS500 and an SE/30 because the SE/30 would make a great terminal for the ANS and the ANS would make a good desk for the SE/30.

...when you run a web server, ftp server, and mail server on 68k equiptment

...when your 68k is your tv and stereo

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 07 May 2003 :  21:28:41
... when you try to convince people that the ANS500/700 is "a peripheral of" your SE/30

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 07 May 2003 :  21:52:19
.....when you get rid of an old Rank Arena TV so you can connect an AppleVision 1710 to your LC630 for higher quality TeeeVeee

.....when you sneak your PowerBook 145B to university to use along with the Dell

.....when you prefer System 7.1 over Windows XP

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 08 May 2003 :  06:13:29
.... When you have a Celeron 366MHz system with 160 MB of RAM that'd go great for playing alot of your PC games, but you'd rather install DOS PC emulation on a boot-floppy and use less than half of that amount of RAM on an emulated Quadra 700 or 900.

.... When your stack of 630s follows such tasks as "sitting" "looking nice" and "being dissected and cleaned"

.... When you HAVE a stack of 630s.

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