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Hi there!
So, after posting my two first messages around here, it's time for me to introduce myself, say hi to everybody and thank you for your welcome.
So, basically I'm a hardcore Macuser since that day of 1988 when I discovered a strange little beige box on my father's desk. I was 8 at the time, and was immediately fascinated with those white fireworks running on the black screen. It was the Pyro! screensaver. Does it ting a bell to anyone?That beige box was a SE, which I loved a lot, until it was eventually replaced by a LCIII. I bought my very first own Mac twelve years ago, it was a Performa 6320 which still works like a charm. That guy was later replaced by a Clamshell iBook, a couple of G3 and G4 iBooks, a 1st gen black MacBook, and now a MBP.
I can't remember when or why I started collecting vintage Macs. It was certainly about nostalgy for the Shufflepuck Café and Prince of Persia days… Still, my two latest conquests were a wonferful little PowerBook 1400c and a 512k in great shape.
I know about this forum for quite some time, and I've been a long time lurker. I apologize in advance for my sometime bad english, since I'm a french-speaking swiss guy…
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So, basically I'm a hardcore Macuser since that day of 1988 when I discovered a strange little beige box on my father's desk. I was 8 at the time, and was immediately fascinated with those white fireworks running on the black screen. It was the Pyro! screensaver. Does it ting a bell to anyone?That beige box was a SE, which I loved a lot, until it was eventually replaced by a LCIII. I bought my very first own Mac twelve years ago, it was a Performa 6320 which still works like a charm. That guy was later replaced by a Clamshell iBook, a couple of G3 and G4 iBooks, a 1st gen black MacBook, and now a MBP.
I can't remember when or why I started collecting vintage Macs. It was certainly about nostalgy for the Shufflepuck Café and Prince of Persia days… Still, my two latest conquests were a wonferful little PowerBook 1400c and a 512k in great shape.
I know about this forum for quite some time, and I've been a long time lurker. I apologize in advance for my sometime bad english, since I'm a french-speaking swiss guy…
See you in a topic!
Hey! Welcome to the forum! Also, nice collection of machines, and definitely a good spread of eras too.
Welcome aboard. I can't remember my first encounter with a Mac, but I remember the first Mac that tried to kill me. 
Mac truck I asume?Welcome aboard. I can't remember my first encounter with a Mac, but I remember the first Mac that tried to kill me.
No. An Apple Macintosh Plus.
What? Did you attempt to grasp the neck of the picture tube and then jump into a bathtub full of water? That's a sure no-no! :-*
The things people experiment with these days...
When I was a little kid, I tore down an old black and white TV. I wound up removing the 'cap' on the neck of the CRT and put my finger in the hole.
I will remember the result for as long as I live.
Luckily, it was a small TV.
ooo, ill bet tht hurt
How do you pronounce your town?
Anyways, welcome and enjoy your stay. Penthouse is over there.
Anyways, welcome and enjoy your stay. Penthouse is over there.
Thank you all for your warm welcome!
I'm not the king of phonetics, but I guess something like « eevonan » in english would be pretty close to a french-pronounced « Yvonand ».
Bienvenu monsieur! Votre anglais, c'est meilleur que ma français!
I was about to suggest "ee-von-on". It's very hard to transcribe the French terminal "n" sound into English - there's no real phonetic equivalent. Imagine getting halfway through pronouncing an "n" and stopping with it stuck in the back of your throat. Kind of like "ong", but not.
I was about to suggest "ee-von-on". It's very hard to transcribe the French terminal "n" sound into English - there's no real phonetic equivalent. Imagine getting halfway through pronouncing an "n" and stopping with it stuck in the back of your throat. Kind of like "ong", but not.