. . . you be the judge!
I was upset after finding out that a really nice USB KBD that I'd found and tested with HP_Mini at the Thrift where I liberated my 21” Graphics Series Viewsonic CRT was . . . ”not for sale!”
So I dragged my sulking self (drove actually
) across the street to the only Thrift in the area that's EVER had a Mac for sale since the Goodwill Stores in the area stopped accepting computers! =8-P
Whatever! :
I nabbed a Dell Clickety-Clack-Board with Windows Keys/PS2 connection and those wonderful Alps Mechanical Key Switches for $1.99 to soothe my jangled karma! That's a user I'll keep intact for the ubuntuGIMPboxHack which received its first shot in the arm today in the form of a certified DEAD, full size ATX MoBo and a brand new 300w PSU. I'll be working out the standoffs/backplane conversion and wiring runs on the DigitalStation Box (DEC Pentium somethingorother) any day now . . .
. . . but that's a story for another thread! [
] ]'>
. . . and the $1.99 Gateway KBD I got is a parts donor for another, top secret, HackProject! [] ]'>
Enough irrelevant B.S. Already, jt! :
The real story began when I told the cashier I was dropping the KBDs off in the trunk and I'd be back to look around some more. I found a cart full of all kinds of goodies! The one that really caught my eye was one of the less attractive PowerMac Boxes, IMHO. It was a clean 7600/120 with a DB-15 connector hanging outta' one of the PCI Slots. There was an Apple Color OneScanner and what might have been a couple of Mac monitors sittin' right next to the cart, so what the . . .
I asked how much and the cashier said about $35, so with just $18 cash left in my pocket, I rolled my eyes just a bit and told her that I was a collector, it was pretty old, and was worth only about $10 or $15. Before leaving, I asked her if her manager was in. She said he wasn't and asked me what I'd offer for the ugly brute.
I offered the $18 I had left and said that had to include the tax . . . and . . . she said OK!
Got it home and it fired right up into 8.6 driving the 21” ViewSonic off the MoBo at 16 bits worth of 1152 x 826. Checked the System Profile out and it's got an 80 MB SCSI Drive, no biggie, but the 80 MB of physical RAM ain't too bad and I confirmed that the DB-15 did indeed connect to a PCI VidCard w/128 MB of VRAM! Hooked that one up and it booted up into the same res at 24 bit!
So what the he . . . erm . . . ck is a Twin Turbo 128+ anyhow? :?:
. . . and who robbed whom? :?:
. . . and dare I go back to get the OneScanner? It'd look a lot better on top of my maxed out IIfx than the Epson sittin' on it now! But were they really very good for anything as compared to a modern HP all-in-one with sheet feeder?
Oh yeah, the 7600's got Office '98, Ofoto & OmniPage already loaded! I have a licensed copy of OmniPage already and I couldn't care less about that dreck from mordorsoft, but it seems like a pretty nice system setup, eh?
Will my 9600 ProcCard work in this sucker? :?
I was upset after finding out that a really nice USB KBD that I'd found and tested with HP_Mini at the Thrift where I liberated my 21” Graphics Series Viewsonic CRT was . . . ”not for sale!”
So I dragged my sulking self (drove actually
) across the street to the only Thrift in the area that's EVER had a Mac for sale since the Goodwill Stores in the area stopped accepting computers! =8-PWhatever! :
I nabbed a Dell Clickety-Clack-Board with Windows Keys/PS2 connection and those wonderful Alps Mechanical Key Switches for $1.99 to soothe my jangled karma! That's a user I'll keep intact for the ubuntuGIMPboxHack which received its first shot in the arm today in the form of a certified DEAD, full size ATX MoBo and a brand new 300w PSU. I'll be working out the standoffs/backplane conversion and wiring runs on the DigitalStation Box (DEC Pentium somethingorother) any day now . . .. . . but that's a story for another thread! [
] ]'>. . . and the $1.99 Gateway KBD I got is a parts donor for another, top secret, HackProject! [
] ]'>Enough irrelevant B.S. Already, jt! :
The real story began when I told the cashier I was dropping the KBDs off in the trunk and I'd be back to look around some more. I found a cart full of all kinds of goodies! The one that really caught my eye was one of the less attractive PowerMac Boxes, IMHO. It was a clean 7600/120 with a DB-15 connector hanging outta' one of the PCI Slots. There was an Apple Color OneScanner and what might have been a couple of Mac monitors sittin' right next to the cart, so what the . . .
I asked how much and the cashier said about $35, so with just $18 cash left in my pocket, I rolled my eyes just a bit and told her that I was a collector, it was pretty old, and was worth only about $10 or $15. Before leaving, I asked her if her manager was in. She said he wasn't and asked me what I'd offer for the ugly brute.
I offered the $18 I had left and said that had to include the tax . . . and . . . she said OK!
Got it home and it fired right up into 8.6 driving the 21” ViewSonic off the MoBo at 16 bits worth of 1152 x 826. Checked the System Profile out and it's got an 80 MB SCSI Drive, no biggie, but the 80 MB of physical RAM ain't too bad and I confirmed that the DB-15 did indeed connect to a PCI VidCard w/128 MB of VRAM! Hooked that one up and it booted up into the same res at 24 bit!
So what the he . . . erm . . . ck is a Twin Turbo 128+ anyhow? :?:
. . . and who robbed whom? :?:
. . . and dare I go back to get the OneScanner? It'd look a lot better on top of my maxed out IIfx than the Epson sittin' on it now! But were they really very good for anything as compared to a modern HP all-in-one with sheet feeder?
Oh yeah, the 7600's got Office '98, Ofoto & OmniPage already loaded! I have a licensed copy of OmniPage already and I couldn't care less about that dreck from mordorsoft, but it seems like a pretty nice system setup, eh?
Will my 9600 ProcCard work in this sucker? :?