[geeks] Ok I am ready to kill this Fu**ing linux box

[Andrew Weiss]

I've heard 7.6.1 is better... thoughts?

Andrew

On Monday, May 27, 2002, at 05:20 PM, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> On Monday, May 27, 2002, at 01:37 PM, alex j avriette wrote:
>
>>> Yeah, the main thing stopping me is the whole "What would I use it 
>>> for?"
>>> question.  I suppose that I could use it as an ssh/X terminal, but I 
>>> think
>>> those purposes would be better served by MacOS apps.
>>
>> i recently rescued my very first computer. i had used computers that 
>> were my dad's before, but this one was mine: a quadra 660av. my plan 
>> is for openbsd or netbsd on it, and for probably 2x 2gb disk. i dont 
>> know what it will do, and i really dont care. i just want it around 
>> for the nostalgia. reminiscing.
>
> The AV Quadras are my favorite macs.  I have both a 660AV and an 
> 840AV.  (I had gotten another 660AV, but the motherboard was damaged 
> when the battery leaked.)
>
> The 660AV was the first mac that I bought since my 512Ke.  I loved 
> that, and it worked great until I sold it to get a 7100/80 AV.  Sadly, 
> the 7100 was not as good with video as the 660.
>
> In fact, my 840AV in being used to capture video - it has the 
> Spigotpower AV card in it, and I just did my first 1/2-hour trial, 
> capturing a TV show as a test.  I then transferred it over to the G4, 
> and I'm encoding it for a VCD.
>
> The 68K AV macs were *amazing* computers for the time.  I have 7.5.5 on 
> mine, and they feel really snappy.
>
> -Pete
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