Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:37:37 -0700
References: <10.3466c703.2c745cd8@aol.com>

At 1:10 AM -0400 8/20/03, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/19/03 8:29:27 PM, four_season_photo@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< http://www.boulder.net/~4season/images/se30.jpg >>
>
>Does that shot bring back memories.... I had an SE, first comp I ever owned.
>System 6. It had the same scrapbook utility that I have on my G3 Blue. In
>fact, I transferred the SE's scrapbook images to the G3's.
>The SE had a splendid manual. I think the Plus and the SE were the first of
>the GUI computers. It was also one of the rare unitary computers on the market
>then.

The 1984 Mac 128 started the mainstream of that lineage, and the Lisa 
and a few other non Apples came before.

>It has matured into the purring 17" iMac,

eMac.

>  which covers all bases and
>will probably soon be available with a G5 processor. But we paid 
>Steve Jobs very
>well for his creativity. And still do. Even for his miserable peripherals,
>like the plodding LS printer.

It worked at the time, and was directly useable without fuss, even 
though it was a screamer.

>So much for nostalgia.
>
>I still scan my favorite M3 prints, so I'm not tied to a digital camera even
>tho I have one.

huh??

>br
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