Man, this brings back so much memories. I used this in elementary school.
Apple Macintosh
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-Platinum-Plus-Computer-with-Keyboard-Mouse-and-Disks-/321330240185?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item4ad0c65ab9
What memories do you have?
Man, this brings back so much memories. I used this in elementary school.
Apple Macintosh
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-Platinum-Plus-Computer-with-Keyboard-Mouse-and-Disks-/321330240185?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item4ad0c65ab9
What memories do you have?
I used that a couple of years ago. I still have it somewhere. Unfortunately I accidentally overwrote one of my boot/game discs for it.
We used to play DOS and/or Mac games off floppies in elementary school. I remember one where you were on an alien planet or something and had a certain amount of pills you could mix together to make objects to help you progress, similar to A Boy and His Blob. I also remember one similar to Breakout, but the paddle was in the center and the bricks were in a circle around it. I also remember one that was an adventure game similar to Maniac Mansion, with some dark coal cellar you needed to find the light switch in by randomly clicking. I also remember a game where there was a car that would drive around a town map completing objectives and refueling and stuff that was a typing game. Also I think I remember a game where you are a bee and had to collect pollen from flowers with a time limit, certain colors being worth more than others, but I'm not sure if I just dreamed that one.
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What kinda switches do those old apple boards use?
Microsoft Windows (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1912) belongs in this thread...
He has more vintage computing devices in his basement than most people see at their local electronics recycling facility...
Microsoft Windows (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1912) belongs in this thread...
He has more vintage computing devices in his basement than most people see at their local electronics recycling facility...
I thought that guy was a troll and all his pictures were just cut and pasted off the internet. But I guess you know him (her?) better than I do.
Microsoft Windows (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1912) belongs in this thread...
He has more vintage computing devices in his basement than most people see at their local electronics recycling facility...
I thought that guy was a troll and all his pictures were just cut and pasted off the internet. But I guess you know him (her?) better than I do.
Well, he is, and they are, but it's just because he's a bit... different. Incoming short story:
MW is a good friend of mine. I've known him since I was in 1st grade, and all throughout our school careers we were very good friends. He's actually the one who brought me to GH some 4.65 years ago after he found a Model M5-2 in the trash at school. And since he worked in the schools IT department, he was also able to get all sorts of old computers out of the trash, which is where both him and I got all of our computers for our "labs". This is what got me interested in both vintage computing and mechanical keyboards.
Then there was this one time, one of my other friends said to me "I can never speak to [Microsoft Windows real name] ever again, because I need our last conversation to be the last thing he ever said to me." So obviously I had to ask, "Why, what did he say to you?" My friend: "No joke, he straight came out and said to me 'Sometimes, I feel like I just don't belong in this time.'"
To people who know him, hearing him say that is rather amusing, because we all used to think the same thing... he belongs in the 20th century.
TL;DR: MW is pretty much the person responsible for my presence at GH, and is also responsible for my namesake (CLiB) and my interest in vintage computers and keyboards.
Not trying to turn this into a "Where in the world is MW" thread, but where is he? Hasn't signed in for 3 months now.
Not trying to turn this into a "Where in the world is MW" thread, but where is he? Hasn't signed in for 3 months now.
He got bored of trolling around here, so he just kinda stopped posting. I haven't spoken to him in a while, maybe I'll give him a call...
What memories do you have?