ScionPI2005
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I have an old Mac Color Classic in storage, which is my oldest computer right now. However, my main computer is a 2013 iMac.
You can't beat a good old Abacus, but I'm confused. The bottom pairs are obviously a binary abacus, the top, however, are in stacks of five, not ten. They could be in pairs but there's an odd number of stacks. Is this a fiendish take on Charles Babbage? Would the famous question asked of him still have bearing?
I was holding it upside down.You can't beat a good old Abacus, but I'm confused. The bottom pairs are obviously a binary abacus, the top, however, are in stacks of five, not ten. They could be in pairs but there's an odd number of stacks. Is this a fiendish take on Charles Babbage? Would the famous question asked of him still have bearing?
"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"
Pentium 2 computer /autocad 14 /photoshop 7 /office xp / and working smooth
Since this thread last appeared, my PowerBook G4 laptop incinerated another logic board, just about a year ago. I found a replacement on eBay for about $20 and replaced it on my kitchen table in about two hours. I should be a sucker and pay $500+ for a job like that. I think that's the third or fourth I've gone thru in the thirteen years I've owned it. I also took the time to epoxy the cracked inner framework from when the cat knocked it off the coffee table, and replaced the duct tape on the casing. Good as new.
Someone at work got a new Mac laptop recently, and I was appalled by it -- no ports, no outlets, no CD/DVD drive? What good is that for the kind of work I do? No thanks.
That's right, it's a Chinese suan pan.The pairs of beads count as "5", while the lower ones count as "1", or so says the accompanying manual.
I'm not working on it now, but I have one of these:
I think it has 512K of memory and a 20MB hard drive.
I have one of those in a Rubbermaid bin down cellar. Belonged to my ex, and I haven't looked at it in at least fourteen years. What am I bid?
I got one of those too. It's in the box it came in new. It still works, but it makes noises and runs reeeeaaaallll slow. I took the advice of people with nothing to gain by it that I ought to back up everything on that machine I cared about and either get it overhauled at greater cost than it likely warranted or to replace the thing. I did the latter, four or five years ago.
Always liked the way those bowling ball iMacs looked, though. And I liked the easy and extensive adjustability of the monitor. You can show the person seated alongside what you are working on without either of you having to get out of your chair.
Hell, maybe I will get it overhauled.
I've got a 2002 eMac in the cellar and it still works. My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 but I sold that many years ago. The first proper computer I used was a Goldstar pc that worked on DOS - no windows and as a teacher I used a BBC computer I remember I used to tell kids how to use its *anagram feature - it would generate anagrams of words - one wise guy grinned and typed in NEWARK much to our embarrassment and amusement.
Lor', I'd forgotten the term Pentium! Now I recall getting a Pentium and then (shudders with excitement) a P2!
Someone at work got a new Mac laptop recently, and I was appalled by it -- no ports, no outlets, no CD/DVD drive? What good is that for the kind of work I do? No thanks.
I'm not working on it now, but I have one of these:
I think it has 512K of memory and a 20MB hard drive.