Someone gave me a DEC Rainbow 100. It was a CP/M based computer, and
even CP/M was a dinosaur, a dead language. But it came with a
Dectalk, which I used to use with the Apple II/C some times, before I
got the cricket. It was primitive and slow, simply channeling raw
output to the
Hi,
We are rebuilding a typing game for Macs.
It is http://www.vipbc.org/
Thanks,
Alex,
On 21-Apr-09, at 9:52 PM, Jason Custer wrote:
Well, When I was using an apple II e, it was in the 80's. The ibm was
new in my school, but not accessible. The screen reader freedom
something was
Anybody remember BEX, braille edit express? I had an apple II e, an
otsuki braille printer, it did braille and print at the same time, and
even an echo II plus. Who could forget the image writer? My friends
used to make those huge banners in print shop. The echo had polyphonic
music
Jessie Casum. I had such a crush on Jessie Casun or whatever he name
was. I talked to her once when I was asking a question about Bex. I
used Bex all the way through college to do my papers. Either Bex or
Prowords, but more often Bex. I had a spell checker for it, even, but
it never
wow. I don't remember any of this stuff but it sure is interesting
reading about it!! it seems strange t think that so many f ya'll were
using apple computers back in the day in college. were pc's completely
inaccessible then or were you all just mac enthusiasts from the
beginning?
peace
Hello Dan and everyone,
We have an Apple modem on the Mac Mini we keep in the office. It's
used for faxes and hasn't given any trouble so far (about 6 months).
Cheers,
Anne
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Ah, you may be right I'm having a senior moment. I know the old
AirPort Extreme had a modem built-in. THis was the model that looked
like a UFO.
On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
Wow back in my day it was like 40 US.
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
Hi,
It wasn't anything personally.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:48 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
hey now!!! I'm much more than a number. lol. my student number does
not define me. lol. and nor should these numbers of these old OS's.
they should stand up for their rights to be named! lol
on the net with that thing! Hope it doesn't blow
up.
rofl
On 19/04/2009, Jessi Rathwell sanginsista3...@gmail.com
wrote:
lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did
hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this
thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia
Hi,
No.
Sheep Shaver is the only PPC emulator.
Also, Qemu may be able to do so.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 20-Apr-09, at 2:02 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
Speaking of emulators, i wonder if it would be possible to run Os 7
or earlier with outspoken as a virtual machine with Vmware Fusion
under
Hi,
Jessi,
I'll try to see if I can bring it up under USB using the onboard and
offboard adapters. If I can, YOu are welcome to it. I hate seeing
people struggle with PCs. Just pay shipping and handleing or
alternatively my time going to Abisford, depending which is cheaper.
Lol.
Just
haha. well, you try it and let me know how it is and then I'll think
about it lol. I wanna make sure it works first though!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
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On 20-Apr-09, at 6:20 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Jessi,
I'll try to see if I can
it doesn't blow up.
rofl
On 19/04/2009, Jessi Rathwell sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote:
lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did
hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this
thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
Hi,
I didn't know that.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 9:05 PM, John J Herzog wrote:
Hi all,
I know that mac OS 9.1 was named limelight and 9.2 was named
moonlight. I don't know what the others were before that.
Also, here is a great web site that talks about old school macs and
their
Hi,
I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing
this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and
VoiceOver will restart.
Hi,
There were no such names as tiger or leopard at that time. As far
as i remember the system was called system 7. I think it was called
Macos from v8 or possibly v9 but i can be wrong.
It would be interesting with a little history lesson from a blindness
perspective of apple products
yeah, that would be interesting, a history lesson about accessibility.
although, it doesn't seem like there was too much accessibility before
VO. outspoken seemed like it only did so much. that's funny people
were protesting against GUI's though, although I can see how they
might think
Just curious since i never have layed my hands on an Apple II, what
screen readers were used on those beasts and how were they compared to
the screen readers for Dos or such at that time?
/Krister
19 apr 2009 kl. 06.08 skrev Tiffany D:
I thought it was just me with the restarting. But
The only VO crash I think I've noticed is occurring sometimes in
Ichat, when I attempt to interact with the html frame to read the
messages. In about five seconds, vo says, Oh, have we started
again? which is what I have it say when it starts up, and then all's
well. If this is the
I gave a presentation on the use of the Mac with OutSpoken to the
Visually Impaired and Blind User's Group in 1990, shortly after moving
to Boston, MA to take a job in which I used the Mac and OutSpoken to
perform my job duties. At the time, a rep from one of the local
institutions who
Outspoken was great up until system 6, and even though I didn't use it
after that, Berkeley systems put out patches for it through System
seven or eight. I held down a job, used a network and the Internet
(such as it was), wrote a novel-length work of science fiction with
it. I used a
I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street
Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he's still
around the accessibility scene somewhere, man he's gotta be like 80 by
now. :)
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
MSN:
the old os's were just numbered, no nice marketing stuff like cat
names. Just a number.
On 18-Apr-09, at 3:59 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
haha wow! what was OS7 called? lol. I'm really curious about the rest
of the OS's! like I know all OS10s are cat names, but what about
before? lol.
On
Ah, Larry isn't quite that old, but he is aging nicely. He works for
APH these days and last I knew, doing very well.
On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street
Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he's
Oh right on! :) If it wasn't for his Proterm talking terminal
emulator, I wouldn't have become addicted to chat networks. I might
still be a virgin, even. :)
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
My home page:
http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
, April 19, 2009 2:59 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: oldschool mac nostalgia
Hey there.
I sorta have to protest here.:-) Outspoken was a hell of a good screen
reader for being as primitive as it seemed. Ok, you didn't have all
those fancy things you can do nowadays
@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: oldschool mac nostalgia
Hey there.
I sorta have to protest here.:-) Outspoken was a hell of a good screen
reader for being as primitive as it seemed. Ok, you didn't have all
those fancy things you can do nowadays with screen readers, but it had
quite a lot
with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this
thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I keep trying to convince people they should name one of the OS's
Osalot. as in O S
aww. things that are just numbers make me sad. nothing should be just
a number. lol.
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 19-Apr-09, at 7:49 AM, kaare dehard wrote:
the old os's were just numbered, no nice marketing stuff like cat
names. Just a
yeah, I get questions like that all the time. how easy it to do this?
you use the mac for everything? wow. like they don't believe it can
work or something. it's sad!! I know apple wasn't always known for its
accessibility in the past but they're really really doing a complete
180 and
Hi,
Jessi,
It is called my server room. Full of like all this old stuff.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:34 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
lol nice!!! man I wish we still had that old mac, I'd love so badly to
dig it up and see if it still worked lol. sadness. someone really
needs to put
Hi,
Jessi,
Like students in a university. Lol.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:30 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
aww. things that are just numbers make me sad. nothing should be just
a number. lol.
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On
Hi,
Matthew, one of my students has it saying Yo Dude, ... Welcome or
something.
In case yall didn't know I'm a tech teacher in BC now.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:29 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine!
right now it says
lol. well, if we can convince skytrain to expand and come all the way
out here so I'm not stuck in this boring prison town, I'll gladly come
over to your house and see it!
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:37 PM, Alex Jurgensen
hey now!!! I'm much more than a number. lol. my student number does
not define me. lol. and nor should these numbers of these old OS's.
they should stand up for their rights to be named! lol
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 19-Apr-09, at 2:38
lol so glad you showed Matthew the good side. I wish I could help you.
I'd be glad too if I lived closer. I'd love to show people the wonders
of voiceover.
peace and positivity
Jessi
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On 19-Apr-09, at 2:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US.
On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm
lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even
exists! having to use my pc when I'm
Yeah they do have a USB modem available, however, in reading reviews
on it, I'm not too sure about it. Does anyone on this list here have
it, and if so have they had good luck with it? Some of the reviews,
make the product seem like it's not even worth the money. On Apr 19,
2009, at
hmm. maybe I'll look into it!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
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On 19-Apr-09, at 3:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US.
On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
oh, dang. you
Wow back in my day it was like 40 US.
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already
tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic
strip.
El 19/04/2009, a las 17:42, Jessi Rathwell escribió:
hmm. maybe I'll look into it!!
peace and positivity
wasn't an old os named basculous or something?
On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
lol really? a funeral? that's hilarious!! I wonder if there are
youtube videos? haha. here lies OS9.2.2, no name. it's served us
faithfuly for many months, but it is now time for it to rest in
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
Hi Jessi,
Just to bring you up to speed and state the ruggedness of the Mac
platform with OutSpoken! I am using DigiDesign ProTools 5.1 every
single day with OutSpoken and Fred is still faithfully telling me
what is up in PT and also in Studio Vision Pro MIDI sequencer I have
been using
Hi,
Too true.
We should have a Old Mac party at some point, ... Lol.
Mr. Rathwell should go back to those Mac roots. If more people thought
like you in this province Jessi, we might actually get all students
Windows free in a matter of years..
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 2:04 AM,
I think I got you all beat. I've got an Apple II C and an Apple II GS
both in perfect working condition with tons of disks, though more
towards the GS Side and extra stuff for that machine that I haven't
even unpacked yet, including a printer. I've even got the internet
package and the
I went to college with an Apple 2C and an Echo Cricket which I did all
my papers on. This was 1986-90, and the whole Dartmouth campus was
wired for Macs. My roommate used to taunt me with the talking
moose, application on his Mac 640. I eventually had to trash the 2C
when its disk
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
Hi.
My first computer experiences was on a Mac Classic, i think it was
called that ran os 7. I was one of the two, i think, in Sweden who ran
Macs with Outspoken at that time. I absolutely loved that screen reader.
/Krister
18 apr 2009 kl. 20.23 skrev Mark Baxter:
I went to college with
haha wow! what was OS7 called? lol. I'm really curious about the rest
of the OS's! like I know all OS10s are cat names, but what about
before? lol.
On 18-Apr-09, at 12:23 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
Hi.
My first computer experiences was on a Mac Classic, i think it was
called that ran os
ahahaha Alex I know that's right lol!! if I took over my dad's job
everyone would be ditching windows. I think it's important to know
both OS's, I love that I can just sit down at any computer running
windows or mac OS and use it as long as it's got a screenreader. but
in my humble
ha! doubt it lol. although, I was trying to help my mom fix her pc
last night and we were both this close to throwing it out the window
and I was like get a mac, lol.
peace and positivity:)
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 11:24 AM, Dan Eickmeier
Dude, I am so there!!! Omg!!
On Apr 18, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
dude!! oldschool mac party at Tiff's house!! lol. that would be so
much fun, looking at all those old things! someone should put together
an apple musiem or something. I'd totally visit!
peace and
Hi Jessi,
If you're using the U.S. Audible Store here's the link to Steve
Wozniak's biography:
http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000306BV_UseBVCookie=Yes
The list price is $17.49 and the member price is $12.24. I don't know
if there are
wow, thanks!! I wonder why I didn't find it when I looked? my faith in
audible has been restored, lol. thanks! it looks like I'll be able to
get it, too even though I'm using the canadian audible store. yay! I
still have a ways to go on my current read, but once I finish it this
will be
Hi,
Talking Moos is still around for OSX.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 11:23 AM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I went to college with an Apple 2C and an Echo Cricket which I did all
my papers on. This was 1986-90, and the whole Dartmouth campus was
wired for Macs. My roommate used to taunt me
Hi,
I have parctically every eddition of the G4 towers ever made i think.
Also a G4 IBook and G4 Mac Mini. I also have that old Mac I can't
remember the name of and the G3 beighe.
Anyone want to donate to an Apple Museum?
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 3:45 PM, Esther wrote:
For
Hi,
They had no names as far as I remember.
Mac OS 11.0 Chocolate Lab A.K.A. Goldy Maybe.
Well, the computers at that time actually had nicknames, not the OS's.
These Apple regarded as code names, moddel names if you will.
OS X is as follows:
Beta release (Unknown)
10.0 Puma
10.1 Cheetah
Hi,
I'll send it to you next time I'm on MSN. I have an OS X copy of it.
It speaks random things at random as you use the computer.
Thanks,
alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 1:05 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
lol. what was the talking moose? sounds like an interesting app lol!
peace and positivity:)
lol that sounds hilarious! what kinds of random things?
peace and positivity:)
Jessi
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On 18-Apr-09, at 4:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
I'll send it to you next time I'm on MSN. I have an OS X copy of it.
It speaks random things at random
lol. 11.0 chocolate lab. Goldie is a black lab, lol. that would be
interesting if Steve Jobs saw her and fell in love with her royal
cuteness and decided hey. I'mma name my next OS after this girl's
guide dog. lol.
for real, though, OS 9, 8, etc didn't have any names? aww. that's sad.
They didn't have cute kitty name until Tiger, and that was four or
five OS'es again.
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
My home page:
http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
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I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no
desire at all ever to hear it again ever. With you it was button,
for me, it was the way it said dialog. Like fingernails on slate
scored by battery acid dipped in razors on sheet metal.
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and
Hi,
Now it uses the Bruse/Alex voice on Leopard/Tiger.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 5:42 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no
desire at all ever to hear it again ever. With you it was button,
for me, it was the way it said dialog.
Hi,
Oops, that is right. A goldy Black Lab.
Well, OS 9.2.2 was actually given a funeral with Steve Jobs and a
coffin and everything to symbolize the end of OS 9.2.2 and the classic
apps and the beggining of OS X.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 18-Apr-09, at 5:38 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
lol. 11.0
lol seriously? Hahahahaa.
On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Oops, that is right. A goldy Black Lab.
Well, OS 9.2.2 was actually given a funeral with Steve Jobs and a
coffin and everything to symbolize the end of OS 9.2.2 and the classic
apps and the beggining of OS X.
ooh wee!!! there's a powerfuly discriptive statement, lol!! was it
another screenreader or what?
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 5:42 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no
lol really? a funeral? that's hilarious!! I wonder if there are
youtube videos? haha. here lies OS9.2.2, no name. it's served us
faithfuly for many months, but it is now time for it to rest in piece
as we unvail the powerful OS10.
peace and positivity:)
Jessi
follow me on twitter
I keep trying to convince people they should name one of the OS's
Osalot. as in O S a lot! It's the operating system with a lot! ...
okay maybe it sounded better in m head.
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
My home page:
Hi all,
I know that mac OS 9.1 was named limelight and 9.2 was named
moonlight. I don't know what the others were before that.
Also, here is a great web site that talks about old school macs and
their current uses today. There's also a lot of older articles you
can click through and read.
I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing
this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and
VoiceOver will restart. Thanks for the info on the names. Btw, if
you type in Apple II Forever in youtube you'll find a really cool
video and then the one
Does anyone know if something like this would be accessible for us
either on Windows or on Leopard? They said they're working on the Mac
one so that's why I asked. I don't mean with the graphical stuff but
with the things that are text-based...
http://www.virtualapple.org/
I was thinking of
lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did
hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote
hmmm, yeah, I've noticed that about VO crashing more lately too. but
the nice thing about VO is even if it has to crash, it fixes itself!
so it's kind of annoying but really not that big of a deal cuz it
knows it needs to be loyal to its user and it just comes back lol. but
yeah, I've
with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I keep trying to convince people they should name one of the OS's
Osalot. as in O S
haha, John, that youtube vid was great!! can't wait to check out the
other ones Tiffany mentioned. this is good stuff! lol. I love it. he
never once flaunted his power...with a start menu. lol.
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at
a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did
hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread!
long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!!
peace and positivity
Jessi
follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
I keep trying
OMG, space invadors!! I remember my brother playing that when we were
little lol! wasn't there some other games that came with it too? a car
racing one I think? and some other random ones?
peace and positivity
Jessi
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