Oh, that's ashame. There are places with parts for just about everything. I've never heard of the talking moose ap but I've never used a Mac older than my Macbook. I was born in 1983 so by the time I got around to the II C it was old news. Still got alot of dos stuff too including two Keynote Gold laptops that I adore. Is the Echo Cricket the one with the box that plugs into the machine like a regular speaker? That's the only one I've seen on it.
On 18/04/2009, Dan Eickmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, maybe you can convince them to get macs as well? > On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > > just thought I'd make the subject more relevent lol. > Alex, you got me beat lol! I have no idea how old mine was when I got > it and I sho have no clue where it is now!! lol. I remember the day my > family got our first windows computer, it was november 11th 1997 I > believe? possibly 96? can't remember the exact year lol. and from that > day forward, the old mac went somewhere and I haven't seen it since! > lol. I'm sure we dont't have it anymore, though I really wish we > did...I'd love to play with it and actually learn outspoken just so I > can say I know how to use it lol. although, from what I remember it > didn't offer too much in the way of accessibility and the voice was > horrible. I remember typing up a science project on that old thing > lol. that was the only thing I remember doing with it, that and > writing letters to an old pen pal I used to have! wow! the nostalgia! > lol. now I'm wondering what happened to her? haha. > I'mma ask my parents tomorrow if they remember life with that old mac, > lol. I'mma remind them that their computer roots are based in apple! > now they're all windows people and they're constantly teasing me about > my love of all things apple so I think they need a reality check so > they can remember where they came from lol. > peace and positivity :) > Jessi > follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva > On 18-Apr-09, at 12:54 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Andrea, >> >> I too had a Mac in the early 1990's. I got it in 1995, thugh I still >> had sight then. It was a single unit with built-in display. It was >> fifteen years old when I got it from a family friend and I still have >> it and it still works. My sister uses it more than I do because there >> is not much accessibility support in those old OS's. Maybe I should >> try outspoken on it just for kicks. Anywho, then I lost my sight after >> aquireing my Beige G3. The little sight I had left was enough to use >> zoom on the thing because no one I knew at the time knew about >> Outspoken. Then I got a Windows PC. After using XP for about four or >> five years I gave up on it. When Tiger came out, I got a tiger G4 >> Quick Silver running at 2GHZ and with 1.5 GB or RAM. Then while at >> work, I got to play with the Beta of Leopard. Shortly after I got a >> Pre-November 2007 Macbook the month before Leopard was released. I >> also received a copy of Leopard when it was released. All this except >> the PC was curtosy of the family friend who first introduced me to >> computers. >> >> I love the Mac and can say that I have been completely Windows free >> for just about two years. >> >> I hope you enjoy OS X as much as I do. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 18-Apr-09, at 12:20 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >> >>> >>> ha! outspoken! that creepy voice saying :button" still haunts my >>> dreams lol!! way back in the early 90s, back in the day when I was >>> like eight, haha my school for some reason gave my family a mac? I >>> think it was supposed to be for me but I remember my family used it a >>> lot more than I did. I do remember using it though! I never >>> independently learned how to use outspoken, but I remember my parents >>> clicking on clarisworks for me and it saying "button," lol. I >>> remember >>> I learned to type on a mac too, cuz that was all they had my school. >>> those old ones!! maybe that's why I can type so fast now? cuz I >>> learned on a mac with all the right type? lol. I didn't see a pc >>> til I >>> was like 13 and then I learned windows, and swore to it! I was >>> seriously the most anti-mac person ever until last march at CSUN when >>> my eyes were opened and I returned to my mac roots lol! I can't >>> believe it's been almost a year! and I have no desire to go back! >>> lol. >>> anyway, welcome Andrea!! you'll love it!! feel free to ask questions, >>> that's what this list is for!! >>> >>> >>> On 17-Apr-09, >>> >>> at 10:58 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, Andrea: >>>> >>>> I was using a Mac back in the early 1990's with OutSpoken, which was >>>> not built in to the OS. I would say that Voiceover in the latest >>>> version of Leopard is similar to but far superior to that. I just >>>> switched from my XP machine in January, and have not gone back. I >>>> also have Vista running on this Macbook as well, so can do anything >>>> in >>>> Windows I need to. >>>> >>>> I offer tutoring and support as well, so if you need me, give me a >>>> shout. I know you'll have a lot of fun with it, especially if >>>> you're >>>> the type that thinks like a musician--it's built in that intuitive, >>>> fuzzy logic sort o way. >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark BurningHawk >>>> >>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>> MSN: [email protected] >>>> My home page: >>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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