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The Hogs of Entropy
 · 5 years ago

  


'##::::'##:::'#####:::'########: VIVA LA REVOLUCION! CERDO DEL CAPITALISTA!!
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##:::: ##:'##:::: ##: ##::::::: THE HELOTS OF ECSTASY PRESS RELEASE #454 !!
#########: ##:::: ##: ######::: ZIEGO VUANTAR SHALL BE MUCH VICTORIOUS! !!
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##:::: ##:. ##:: ##:: ##::::::: "Computers 'n Stuff" !!
##:::: ##::. #####::: ########: by -> M4D 3LF !!
..:::::..::::.....::::........:: 1/21/99 !!
!!========================================================================!!

I like antique crap... but updated antique crap. I once saw a
193X Ford coupe. It was all decked out with electronic dash, tons of
power goodies. I'd take it, put a killer stereo in it, and drive that
fucker every day. I had plans for that console stereo I had, too. I
wanted to seal the speakers, add a cd player and dual cassette wells.
I like the way console stereos look. So that brings me my computers.

I got my first computer as a hand-me-down from my dad in the fall
of '96. It's a 1987 Macintosh Classic II with 4 megs of ram, monochrome
CRT, and a 40 meg hard drive that my sister bought new for over $2000.
I used this computer as my main computer until I bought my lap top this
fall. I even used it online with a 2400 baud modem that I got last
spring. It's powered by Motorola's 68040 chip which is not too bad
considering it's the last SISC (non-PowerMac) chip put in Macs or their
clones. I even had an ImageWriter II printer for it that I found at
Goodwill for $2.50!! Up until the RISC native programs became the Mac
standard, the only software limitation I had was the lack of color
options...two color mode was all I had when 16 color greyscale would have
ran most anything I wanted.

Goodwill is a great store for me. Not only did I find my console
stereo and my printer for $2.50, but lots of other useless crap. Another
favorite of mine is St. Vincent DePaul, aka Vinnie's. Vinnie's has two
Dubuqueland locations, downtown on Main Street and, what I call "Vinnie's
West", near our "suburb" Asbury. It was this second location that I
found my Apple //e. It came with Apple DOS floppies, a whole meg of ram,
and the infamous Apple SuperSerial card. For an extra $5 I even got a
color monitor! I'm unable to find any software to get my Apple online,
so I looked around for Apple //gs, but they're still popular, thus
overly-expensive.

My newest toy is a TRS-80 color. I need to find some other
hardware and software for it, otherwise it's little more than an
over-sized keyboard.

Well, I guess I've bored you all enough for one t-file, so I
guess I'll be going. But, remember kids, ya gotta catch 'em all!!

!!========================================================================!!
!! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! HOE #454, WRITTEN BY: M4D 3LF - 1/21/99 !!

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