Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT old macs
From: "Matthew Powell" <mlpowell@directvinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:54:05 -0500
References: <F38C26F9-4C9B-11D6-B05F-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <p0510030ab8dd33ad8b81@[203.208.69.141]>

> >>i guess i am a little older.  my first mac was the original 1984
> >>8MHz model, 128K ram, 800K floppy and imagewriter, purchased under the
apple
> >>university consortium (via columbia).  i think it was something like
> >>$2,500.
>
> 1985 second hand 512 I think with a 400k floppy AND the luxury of a
> storage external 400k floopy ;-) Still working fine
> --
> Alastair Firkin

Oh, my... My first personal Mac is headed this way, courtesy of an Apple
Education Loan. G4/933. I'm excited. I haven't been able to use a Mac since
high school journalism, and those were first-generation PowerMacs as I
recall.

For the graphic designers out there - what's the 'standard' software these
days? I learned PageMaker and still have a decent grip on it, but I've heard
about Quark XPress and something from Macromedia.

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In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] OT old macs)
Message from Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> (Re: [Leica] OT old macs)