[rescue] pls forgive dumb TEST msg, and a q conc. OSX + G3/300

Paul Weissmann paul at doorslam.net
Tue Mar 18 10:06:23 CST 2003


deanders at pcisys.net [deanders at pcisys.net] wrote:
> At 04:01 PM 3/18/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >On Tuesday 18 March 2003 15:35, Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> >> To be honest, I have a nostalgic affinity for OSX.  When I worked at
> >> one company, I used Nextstep and Next apps exclusively for about 8
> >> months.  It was the best computing experience ever - on a 25Mhz 68040
> >> machine.
> >
> >I heard others say that.
> >
> ><to self>
> >No, no, NO, you're NOT buyng a NeXT box!
> ></to self>
> 
> Every time I consider getting a Next system, I remember that I don't
> actually have anywhere to put a 17" CRT right now... (not to mention a
> keyboard and mouse that I can't really use with any of my other systems)
> 
> If I could use a Next system with an LCD (well, specifically the one I
> already have...), I'd get one in a second. That's not very likely, though,
> so it'll have to wait 'til I have more room.

Go and get an HP 712/100; it should drive the LCD w/o problems and is
blazingly fast (for a NS3.3 system) while using std. components.

A RDI Powerlite 110 is another option: a SS5 in a laptop. And even
black! (:


	- paul


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