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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Sep 2003 : 23:20:23
One moment of silence please.March 1992 - September 2003 She started life as a standard Macintosh Classic II with 4 megs of RAM and a 40 meg HD, doing stuff for the music department at my old school. She did a lot of work for 4 years, until 1998 when she was phased out and sold at the school fete. Competition was tough, as there were a few PC users out to get her, but in the end, i got her, for ten bucks, a steal at a time when Classic IIs were still selling for AU$220 each. I remember the day i went to keyboarding class and walked by a bunch of old 286s destined for sale at the school fete. She was there, waiting to be killed off. However, as i said before, I won her, and she got a nice home until she died. I think her analog board is shot, but next time i go home i'll see if she's fixable, but i have a bad feeling she might not be. 
"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 04:49:14
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<SILENCE> Sincere condolences to the family and owner of our fallen 68k comrade. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 05:00:19
Thanks, G4. Ah well, even if she isn't fixable, her soul will live on forever in an external SCSI case i will put the HD in if she's not fixable, but still..."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 05:20:57
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her soul will live on forever in an external SCSI case i will put the HD in if she's not fixable, but still...
I've always thought it interesting that an HD transplant was like a brain transplant. So much of the personality of a computer is in the applications and files on the HD. On the other hand, the external form factor (whether its a cute little SE/30 or a big hulking q950) does influence my personal relationship with a computer.Hmmm... I wonder if they will have human HD transplants sometime. Sometimes I think my brain could use a new case -- one with more memory, faster processor, better I/O, etc. etc.  I hope you can fix Maxine. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 06:13:42
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 13:51:26
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Hmmm... I wonder if they will have human HD transplants sometime. Sometimes I think my brain could use a new case -- one with more memory, faster processor, better I/O, etc. etc.
Yeah! Or if you run out of space, you could just add another one, instead of having to forget stuff, like I do!!!!  quote:
I hope you can fix Maxine.
Yeah, so do i. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
boredomconquersall
Full Member
Canada
613 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 16:27:26
heh. the human body is like Ipex computers. slow, ugly, falls apart all too easly... the only difference is that we live for 100 years or so.... heh. I'd like to get a better case.
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10000Th poster and 1000Th AND 1500Th topic creator in lounge. and remember, if you try and install mac OS 10.2 on an early G3, you will go insane, and aquire a thirst for blood! Edited by - boredomconquersall on 07 Sep 2003 16:28:05 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 17:20:53
Lol yeah. There is a difference though: All Ipexes look ugly unless they are recased in a nice looking case. However, there are some people who have looked nice since Day 1."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 17:25:44
Are Classic II worth a lot?. Like compared to other macs like SE/30's and stuff?Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 17:29:04
Not really, AFAIK. Btw, iforgot to say what symptoms mine has. It gives you the chessboard pattern. I think the analog is borked. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 18:38:13
wow, I hope you can fix her, or maybe start a shrine to all macintoshes, missing, killed or injured in action, faithful service of their masters, and owners.Official 68k videographer
Official MLA TourGuide
Editor of the MLAgazine
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2003 : 19:03:27
Sounds like a good idea to me!"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
RIP: Maxine - Macintosh Classic II
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.