Harry, I remember those days as well. I think we first met at a LAUG (Louisville Apple Users Group) meeting, probably in the mid-‘80s. I also remember times spent in Tom Guenthner’s basement talking about LAUG and how we could get more participants.
In 1987 I bought an Apple IIgs (having previously owned a IIe) and thought I’d been transported to computer heaven, with its 2.8 MHz, 16-bit processor. I souped it up with a RamKeeper card and a 30 MB hard drive ($600). Because the GS was text-based (in its ProDOS mode) it was incredibly fast: boot time was approximately 2 seconds. It also had a Maclike graphical user interface that I rarely used because it was so slow. You may recall that there was a bit of tension between the Apple II folks and the Mac users at LAUG meetings in the early days of Mac. Us IIGS users found the Macs (SE’s at that time?) intriguing but way too expensive and laughably slow with its clunky GUI. And a lot of us IIers were pissed off that Apple was devoting all its resources to the Mac and leaving the II series twisting in the wind. At that time the Apple II was the cash cow that was supporting the newfangled Macs and it felt traitorous that Apple abandoned it. Those LAUG meetings were also where I met Lee, who was the first one I can remember to own a Mac. He was pretty sure that the Mac was the wave of the future and I thought he was a bit daft. Look how that turned out. Dan > On Feb 4, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lee, > > Thanks so much for the long ride. I first discovered our little group when > you and Tom Guenthner managed a bulletin board which I accessed with a dial > up modem from my Apple //e. When Apple came out with the Apple //e enhanced > model Tom upgraded my computer. > > One of my favorite memories was the group (led by Lee and Tom) building a > 60mb hard drive for group members. You found a box, cables, controller board, > and hard drive the computer shopper and we met at someone’s house and you > helped us put it all together. It cost us about $500 per unit. I used that > drive on my Apple //e. When I got my first Mac I reformatted it and used it > with my Mac. > > I remember meetings at the Mac Store on Breckinridge Lane - it’s now Simply > Mac and they have moved from that location. We moved to the government center > on Shelbyville Rd. I think at some point the membership dwindled and then > you, Lee, set up this list serve. > > To everyone who has ever submitted a question to the group and/or supplied an > answer a heartfelt Thank-you. And to Lee we ALL owe you a huge thanks and a > round of applause for all the time and effort you spent setting up the group > and answering questions. > > See you in the could. > > Harry > > > > >> On Feb 4, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The Instructional Technology people at the University of Louisville have >> decided departmental mail servers are an unacceptable security risk. They >> are going to block external access to them beginning February 15. After they >> do this, it won’t be possible to host MacGroup on its present server. Unless >> another server can be found, the list will no longer be available after that >> date. >> >> L^2 >> >> PS/ This list has had a long lifetime, compared to most mailing lists. My >> archives date back to July 16, 2007 and contain over 16,000 messages. When I >> first set up this list I had no idea it would last more than twelve years >> and migrate through at least three machine upgrades. >> >> ---- >> Lee Larson >> [email protected] >> >> So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Trilogy, >> Volume 4 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
