On 1/6/02 3:45 PM, "Jon Scott Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 1/6/02 12:35 PM, "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And now that apple gave up with their stupid video cards and got real >> ones, I can get quake III on my G4 at > 40 frames a sec (I think) > > You could always add another video card. > > I remember in 1991 being in the computer lab at college and late at night, > taking the 8bit color video card out of a MacII and putting it into another > MacII that had more memory, just so that we could play a game in color. > > :-) > > Oh yea, don't forget that Mac's have perfect multiple monitor support and > have had that for AGES now... I had multiple video monitors on my mac Iici What I meant was that it was always behind the curve in chipsets - that is no longer the case as you can get the latest in 3d chipsets... > >> It seems that some long-time Mac users despise the Aqua interface... > > I personally don't like the new Finder at all...the navigation is very > difficult to get around in. It is close to the NeXT navigation, but they > didn't implement it as cleanly as NeXT did...although, I do give Apple > credit because every OS update gets better in this regard... > >> Really? Wasn't my recollection that you could plug into a live scsi bus. > > You can't unless it is a 3rd party disk system which supports hotswap. I > assumed he meant that he shutdown his system first. > >> Of course, there was that removable disk system (I don't remember the name) >> where you could pop 40M disks in and out... > > Syquest. Yep > -jon > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
