Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT old macs (was: ...student discount program)
From: Photo Phreak <leicam4pro@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:32:59 -0700 (PDT)

- --- Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> wrote:
> 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.    this was when i was a grad student; generally
> the most practical
> thing it was useful for was dialing up the university
> dec-20's with
> a 1200 baud modem connected to the serial input. 
> compiling was impractical;
> i recall you really needed a Lisa II to cross-develop for
> the mac (in
> pascal).  this relic is sitting in my basement... last
> time i tried, it booted 
> up just fine.
============================================================

    Keep it safe from harm.  Think what it will be worth to
someone from a "MAC polishers group".

    Along with Commodore.........

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