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Hi all, Sometimes little things are all you need. I had a powerful PC but wanted just a small laptop I could take with me everywhere to do wordprocessing and...
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Apr 7, 2003
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all-- behind the scenes, i've been steadily adding links to various organizations, online museums, archives, and other interesting sites pertaining to outmoded...
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the_illiac
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Apr 24, 2003
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all-- i have a newton messagepad 2100, an apple-branded PDA that was discontinued upon steve jobs' return to the company in 1998. i've been fiddling around...
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the_illiac
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Apr 24, 2003
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Yesterday, there was a news spot on the local NPR affiliate WCBE that had Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman accessing the Web via a public wireless hotspot off of...
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the_illiac
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Jun 20, 2003
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All: I found your group in the May 2003 issue of ComputerUser and was quite intrigued as I share a similar interest in maintaining and preserving the older...
Ed Dyer
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Jul 5, 2003
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Frank: I picked up a Toshiba T1100+ off eBay for $15, including shipping. The problem was it did not have a boot disk. Thankfully, a posting to one of the DOS...
Ed Dyer
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Roughly a year ago, OSU had decided to phase out their free HomeNet dial-up service by this summer. Public outcry resulted in a compromise position--the...
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the_illiac
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Jul 11, 2003
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An interesting piece posted on slashdot entitled "Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs." Who knew? they were internet-ready all along... ...
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the_illiac
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Jul 11, 2003
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i swear i won't do this every time something of interest comes up on slashdot, but i couldn't resist. the final chapter in the fate of the commodore 64 has...
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the_illiac
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Jul 13, 2003
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all-- after a temporary relocation to atlanta, things have been rather hectic. nonetheless, i've made a few meager contributions to the links and text library...
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the_illiac
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Aug 25, 2003
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all-- now that i'm on this teaching appointment at georgia tech in atlanta, i've started a blog in order to chronicle the experiece. it's called "a bubbling...
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the_illiac
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Sep 5, 2003
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all-- i know a couple of you use/are interested in different linux flavors, so i thought this news item from <http://slashdot.org> might be of interest (posted...
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the_illiac
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Sep 30, 2003
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all-- It's certainly not very technically innovative, but my P'book 170 paint mod has been posted to the Applefritter site: ...
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the_illiac
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Oct 20, 2003
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Pretty slick! I have a PowerBook 145 myself and did a bit of tinkering recently to run ConfigPPP on it. I forget off hand what files I had to take off my other...
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sturmtiger1944
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Oct 23, 2003
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The November issue of _Wired_ has a fsacinating article by Malcolm McLaren (of Sex Pistols fame) about an international underground music scene centered around...
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the_illiac
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Oct 29, 2003
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Interesting. Along these lines, check out Golden Shower ( _not_ what you think! ) at: http://www.goldenshower.gs/e/asmusicas.html This is the direct link to...
Ed Dyer
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Oct 30, 2003
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Wheee! I'm so happy dd...
dougdangler2000
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Nov 21, 2003
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Not sure about the first poster, but the first in a good while. Welcome aboard. - Ed...
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sturmtiger1944
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Nov 22, 2003
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opps, the message board was down when I was here earlier. Anyway, let's hear it for 386s and Ben's 17 lb laptop circa 1988! dd...
dougdangler2000
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Nov 22, 2003
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Heh! There was a guy who was working on a Toshiba T-1100+ resource website but I don't think he ever got around to doing anything with it. I've been tempted to...
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Nov 22, 2003
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welcome to the fray, douglas... as you can see, things are cozy for now; ideally, this site serves as a forum for bouncing around ideas for repurposing older...
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the_illiac
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Nov 24, 2003
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all-- i don't know how many of you still have a warm spot in your hearts for the commodore 64, but i do, and i've been seeing a lot of mentions of the beast as...
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the_illiac
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Dec 1, 2003
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all-- For those of you interested in TiVo and its homebrew alternatives, there's a rather lively discussion going on at Slashdot ...
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the_illiac
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Dec 11, 2003
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Reminder from the Calendar of columbusconsortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Monday December 15, 2003 12:00 pm - 1:00...
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Reminder from the Calendar of columbusconsortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Monday December 15, 2003 12:00 pm - 1:00...
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All-- First, the gift: <http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/> Be happily reminded of the diversity in design and functionality of consumer electronics from the 70s...
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the_illiac
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Jan 23, 2004
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all-- I'll bet I'm the only person here interested in Apple's orphaned Newton PDA platform, but this is such an interesting development in the still-active...
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the_illiac
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Mar 3, 2004
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all-- Panther is finally alive on my laptop (thanks for the assist, Michael). A new iteration of XpostFacto has given new life to my 300MHz G3PowerBook...
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the_illiac
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Mar 13, 2004
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[for all you gamers out there. link to forum: <http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/03/14/2213236.shtml?tid= 126&tid=127&tid=156&tid=186&tid=206>] Posted by...
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the_illiac
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Mar 15, 2004
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From the most recent _Syllabus_ newsletter (an IT trade magazine): ****************************************************** U San Francisco to Build First...
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