On 3/13/02 Paul Vail (ahclist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) sadly wrote: > I've been a member of this list for years -- and it has been > thoroughly enjoyable. You're a good bunch. I wish you all well with > your subnotebooks. It's time that I reduce the amount of email I > receive and move along.
Well Paul, I've really enjoyed your insightful, helpful, witty, thoughtful and well written posts over the years--both on and off-topic. You've been one of the real stalwarts of this list and much appreciated by all. NOW, I happened to drop in on one of my 1 in 20 "monitor" reads of the iBook list a few days back (digests which usually I just throw unread in DAILY batches of 6's and 8's into archives), and lo and behold, I saw you (laboriously and earnestly) engaged in a half tongue-in-cheek "serious" flame war (although I must admit your "critique" was right on the mark with a sniper's match shooting precision--and hilarious). BUT, if you've got the time for THAT, you've got more than enough time to continue to stick around Duolist's maximum 1-2 per day digest volume. Sure, the signal here is weaker and less interesting than it used to be but the signal to noise ratio on the iBook list is so much worse, all the noise filters in the world don't help. Sure, the 2400 is a dead end, and business for AHC is only a trickle from 2400s...there are 100s of 1000s more iBooks out there and more to come plus OS X and that's great for biz and buzz...So if appreciation doesn't convince you to stay on, perhaps embarrassment might ;-)? > > I have some spare PRAM battery cores I built late last year for 2400s > for sale. If you are handy with a soldering iron and some > shrinkwrap, these beasties may be useful. Please contact me off list > for details. Oh -- and I'm still searching for a good inexpensive > 10basetT non-cardbus PCMCIA card :) I have an Asante FriendlyNet PC Card 10base-T that I will gift you for the years of most pleasurable camaraderie on this list, including international postage. You'll need to get a cable and download drivers (it shows up properly on my Powerbooks but I can't test it w/o cable--just email me offlist your preferred receiving address). Paul, I, for one, am very sad to see you depart and urge you to better reconsider by jettisoning or pruning your email from elsewhere. The digest version is not so taxing and neither is the diminished bandwidth. But, all the best, virtually and really! Cheers, Sidney Ho ---------- 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 | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.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>
