Re: FN-FORUM New iMac

date posted 10th January 2002 16:06

well my abacus beats your mac *and* pc, it has Opposable Thumb technology,
uses the Beads operating system and is compatable with all known other
technologies via the HandsOn Keyboard interface (optional extra).

alas its security isnt too good as shown by the Some Bastards Hand virus,
which although released in 1500 BC all the AC vendors have yet to deal with.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New iMac


> > why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
> > comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)
>
> ...a ten year old 286 PC - still perfectly usable as a word processor and
> some wicked DOS games, and no worries about sharing floppies with current
PC
> ;-)
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Newman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:34 PM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac
>
>
> > I doubt they would be worth that much. I have a Mac Classic that is
> > probably still working. They are still perfectly usable as a word
> > processor (Word 5.1 works fine on them - which was the best version
> > of that particular product). But it is getting increasingly difficult
> > to interconnect them with current networks, printers and suchlike. If
> > you have a floppy drive on your current Mac, then there is no reason
> > why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
> > comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)
>
>
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