Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used one of those to connect to the internet for the first time. I seem to remember it took me two or three days to install the software and make my first connection (using Telnet)... eventually managed to connect to the Library of Congress... I was astounded. I called everyone in the office over to look. It was as if we had contacted Mars. That was less than 10 years ago. (I used to administer a network of fifty of those things all hooked together with appletalk... talk about plug and play... you just plugged them in and they talked to each other... a little slowly but hey... I think OS X is just now catching up with them via Rendezvous). On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 01:37 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > 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. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html