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Macintosh±OrInBetween Starting Member 8 Posts	Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 19:38:49 This is kind of a trick question, seeing as there's no such thing as too many 68k's :-P 1. Someone knocks on your door, and asks to use the phone. You say yeah sure, and toss them a cola to keep them busy while you move the stack of MicroQuadras and LC PizzaBoxes off the telephone table. 2. The folks come over, and when they enter the guest room, they find the bed rather hard. They take off the fitted sheet, and notice that the 'bed' is really a stack of Mac IIs with a fitted sheet and dust ruffle. 3. Instead of an alarm clock radio, you have a decked out Quadra 950 with TV tuner card, FM tuner card, hi-res graphics card, connected to the digital projector you rewired to use your DB-15 connector. 4. You need TV remote batteries, but all you have are Tadrian TL5101's and Rayovac 840's, and that one 4.5v for the Beige MacPlus that you use as a heat thermostat. 5. Your clothes and satellite TV box have to fight for dresser space with a Macintosh LC475, and a 14" Performa Plus display awaiting parts. (True for me) 6. Your computer desk is so full, there's no room for anything else, so you have a monitor rack on top of your AIO Mac LC series machine to hold your printer paper, floppies, and large stack of ImageWriter II ribbons. (Also true for me) 7. You have so many macs in your room, that it stays lit 24 hours a day due to the phosphourescent (Spelling?) glow from your CRTs. (Sorta true here, 3 monitors, 1 TV set) 8. Your MacStack isn't part of your desk, it is your desk. 9. You notice your G20 van's (the one you bought so you could haul more macs) fuel tank is getting low, when you see a Lisa 2/10 at a yard sale. You forget all about gasoline, and end up walking halfway home with a 30 pound computer in your arms. 10. You answer yes to all these questions. Enjoy, Macintosh±OrInBetween Rank: Technician 68k's Liberated: Macintosh SE, Macintosh LC 475, LC 580 68k-related Equipment: ImageWriter II, Performa Plus Display
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 00:08:51 do you have a projector or something? that having been said, #3 is my favorite Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Alcina Starting Member United Kingdom 15 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 02:08:33 Omigod!!! It's moi! Though... 1. I have a cordless phone which sits atop the pile! 2. I do have a bed...but underneath no dust bunnies sit for there is not room! 3. Mmmhmm...yup...kinda...it also runs the Home Automation system! 4. So...my friends always know where to come when their PRAM is flat... 5. It's a repository for 'spare parts' and projects. 6. The kvm switch sits on top of the Classic desk... 7. I rather like that ghostly effect! 8. See 6... 9. Hell yes! I'd crawl off my deathbed for a Lisa! 10. Oops! Alcina ====================================== Plus, SE, SE/FDHD, SE/30, Classic, Classic II, Color Classic, LC475, Quadra 700, Quadra 660AV, Powerbook 520, 6100, Powerbook 5300cs, Wallstreet, Beige G3, Bondi Blue iMac, Pismo
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 02:55:55 LOL! Sadly, at the moment, i can't answer yes to any of those. But back when i lived in WA, I used to sit on some computers, use them as small pedestals and such, and there was a bunch of other crazy things you could catch me doing. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 16:24:53 11. When you have a whole bunch of old Pentiums you could run nix on, but prefer to use A/UX on your Quadra 700 12. When you turn your LC630 into a "Media Centre" type system...and succeed "*** 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
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 27 Nov 2003 : 12:44:50 13. When people ask why you have so few clothes hanging in your closet, you just point to the Stack of computers in the closet, and then at all the computers laying in front of the closet. 14. When people ask why you are so attached to the 48 port 10 baseT Ethernet hub you aquired a while back, you tell them you are going to use all of the ports when you get more ethernet cables… 15. You are too afraid something will happen to your Multi-Color Apple stickers if you start to use them… 16. When you are willing to keep messing with A/UX, even though it doesnt seem likely to ever get on the internet. 17. You gasp when a person says they have never played Spectre. If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 27 Nov 2003 : 18:43:29 I've never played Spectre. Awaiting Gasp
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 00:01:08 is playing spectre something that's required? :eep: Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 00:21:59 quote: 2. The folks come over, and when they enter the guest room, they find the bed rather hard. They take off the fitted sheet, and notice that the 'bed' is really a stack of Mac IIs with a fitted sheet and dust ruffle. I'd put a mattress on top of the Mac II's, but that would leave less than a foot until the ceiling. 18. Instead of paying $30 for a new ink cartrige for your Inkjet printer, you spend 6 hours rigging together an unused LaserWriter and an LC 475 configured as a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge/server. (Which is what I spent all day working on... now I have a LaserWriter 4/600 PS connected to my LC 475 (Mac OS 8.1, 36MB RAM, 350MB HD), then Ethernet networked over to my B&W G4/500 (OS X 10.3.1, 704MB RAM, 211GB HD)) ------------------ Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 32 68K Macs Liberated *Beholder of the Prototype Stick of Justice!*
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 01:44:24 quote: I've never played Spectre. Awaiting Gasp *GASP!* quote: is playing spectre something that's required? well… yea… wonders if he should change his sig to: "One of the [strangly few] people that can actually remember Spectre, and what it is…" If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 15:23:01 Hehe, good ol' Spectre...i love that game. "**** 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
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 20:05:40 I have every Spectre game on my Performa, including the Spectre Challenger that came with the computer! ________________________ IBM PS/2 Fanboy http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave Manager, the llama-X project..
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 20:14:52 I wonder if that one might be on my Performa 640 [installation] Cd... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
MacTO New Member Canada 60 Posts	Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 21:32:56 quote: 15. You are too afraid something will happen to your Multi-Color Apple stickers if you start to use them… I finally used one of mine, to cover the oddly shaped hole on the top of my new PowerBook with an Apple logo. It looks great!
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 21:28:02 quote: Hehe, good ol' Spectre...i love that game. quote: I have every Spectre game on my Performa, including the Spectre Challenger that came with the computer! They remember! joyfull music quote: I wonder if that one might be on my Performa 640 [installation] Cd... Maybe… oh, and while Im actually here… 19.You have so many 68k's to take care of [not to mention that "other life"] that you don't get around to posting on the MLA untill the topic is stale for 3 days If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 02 Dec 2003 : 11:41:26 quote: 17. You gasp when a person says they have never played Spectre. I think what you ment was: 17. You gasp when a person says they have never played Bolo -------------------- Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 Or just 6 Number One, you have the helm. I'll be in my ready room.
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 02 Dec 2003 : 20:26:24 quote: I think what you ment was: 17. You gasp when a person says they have never played Bolo No… I meant Spectre… but now that you mention it… Both [although I think Spectre is a far better game for 68k's, as Bolo goes quite slow on the 950; compaired with a PPC anyway… while I have never seen Spectre glitch ] If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 02 Dec 2003 : 20:38:34 i've never played Bolo. Myst, on the other hand... for several years my Performa was almost a Dedicated Myst Box ________________________ IBM PS/2 Fanboy http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave Manager, the llama-X project..
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2003 : 13:55:11 quote: although I think Spectre is a far better game for 68k's, as Bolo goes quite slow on the 950; compaired with a PPC anyway… while I have never seen Spectre glitch This is interesting... Because the only 68k that I have ever used that lagged in Bolo was my Color Classic w/ 8mgs of ram. A human could not play fairly on it so I used to set it up as a Bolo Computer Player Server™. It was also cool cause my brother and I would play and I ran it in classic on my G4, except that I duplicated the application and had 3 different Bolo's running at the same time on my machine. So it was 3 computers vs Me and my Bro. That was pretty fun Spectre is quality though, I used to play that with my dad a loooong time ago, and I still have it in fact. -------------------- Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 Or just 6 Number One, you have the helm. I'll be in my ready room.
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2003 : 23:56:05 quote: i've never played Bolo. Myst, on the other hand... for several years my Performa was almost a Dedicated Myst Box But what about Spectre?? quote: Because the only 68k that I have ever used that lagged in Bolo was my Color Classic w/ 8mgs of ram. I wonder if it had something to do with the fact that the Quadra had A/UX launched at the time… If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 06 Dec 2003 : 01:25:42 Lol, I haven't played that many 68k games at all... Maybe like... Brickes... and Crystal Quest... and some of the Sim ones... other than that... sadly, I'm not much of a gamer I'm GREAT at Brickles and CrystalQuest though!!! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Derekcat Junior Member USA 342 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2003 : 14:27:08 quote: 'm GREAT at Brickles and CrystalQuest though!!! lol, I used to play Brickles back when my main computer was the Plus If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac! Mac Portable LC \|\| SE/30 \|\|si \|\|ci Quadras: 660av, 950 PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300 PB 5300ce SuperMac C600 180, 240

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