>I gotta mention something related here - my father, a retired EE and >DeVry professor, spends his days writing and perfecting software for >the ][ series...despite the fact the darn things haven't been made in >15+ years! > >Amazingly, there is a whole *club* of these folks in Atlanta! For >quite some time they did the "freebytes" thing, parting together >][+'s and ][c's for poor kids to have at home, but now can't even >give them away. I think Dad still has a stack of brand-new, in >unopened box ][e's that DeVry gave him when they switched over to the >dread peecees. > >Trying to wean him off his habits, I gave him a maxed out Mac IIci to >play with a while back, but he won't even touch such "modern dreck"! > >What a great computer, still beloved and doted over by such obsessed >fans so long after its demise. We're getting way off the subject here, but I must admit that there may be safety in this cyberarchaeology. I've been wrestling with trying to get a new iMac running 9.0.4 and Appleworks 6 to share docs with a PB 170 for the purposes of writing away from home. You would not believe it. New OS, new HFS+, old system 7.1 and configPPP trying to cooperate. Address file in question was in Eudora 3.0 Pro, completely uncooperative with Appleworks/Claris in any era. But to do the simple task of taking personal address data from one old program and sticking it into something the new box will be able to use I have been importing, exporting, field shuffling, data moving, and saving as text or whatever. And when one gets right down to it the older stuff, like Claris 4, works just fine...just not on new machines. I dream of just standardizing my life on system 7.5.5 and the 040 processor and letting the modern world take off without me. I can hardly wait for the wonders of OS X to just modernize me into fine dust particles. Do we all have our latest versions of Conflict Catcher 8, MacLink 357.2 and TechTool 1699463.5? Sometimes progress looks best in retrospect. I should have quit when I discovered that SimpleText couldn't run under 6.0.8. Excuse me. John S ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | Great Duo & 2400 stuff including 10/100 Ethernet for 2400s! Dr. Bott | Duo Batts too <http://www.drbott.com/prod/alist/duo.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
