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[the Battle Cat]

G_Player, on 27 February 2017 - 04:08 PM, said:

I really miss MacDraw.

You kids these days.  I miss MacPaint.

[Camper-Hunter]

I've known MacPaint, MacDraw, MacWrite too. But I think some here are old enough to miss VisiCalc on Apple II.

[the Battle Cat]

I bought into a home computer in 1988, when my wife's university offered it's faculty a discount.  We  bought a 512K Fat Mac.  I was in love with the OS, it was the first time I ever felt like a machine interfaced with my mind and body.  It shipped with system v3.0.

[Matt Diamond]

the Battle Cat, on 28 February 2017 - 11:11 AM, said:

I bought into a home computer in 1988, when my wife's university offered it's faculty a discount.  We  bought a 512K Fat Mac. It shipped with system v3.0.

You young whippersnappers. I got the 128K Mac when it came out, right when I went to college.

[the Battle Cat]

Oh yeah?  Well there was that time Steve and the Waz came to me for advice on the I/O interface they were struggling to envision.  To me it was a simple problem.  I reached into my plate and held my dinner up by the tail.  The rest is history... son.

[Matt Diamond]

the Battle Cat, on 01 March 2017 - 07:45 PM, said:

Oh yeah?  Well there was that time Steve and the Waz came to me for advice on the I/O interface they were struggling to envision.  To me it was a simple problem.  I reached into my plate and held my dinner up by the tail.  The rest is history... son.

(tries desperately to tap out) Uncle! Uncle!

[G_Player]

*remembers the original 128k Mac was cool but INSANELY expensive*

[Matt Diamond]

G_Player, on 04 March 2017 - 01:41 AM, said:

*remembers the original 128k Mac was cool but INSANELY expensive*

Yes it was, even with a student discount. Somehow we justified it because I was going off to college and "needed a computer."

The campus was studded with computer labs so I probably could have gotten away without owning a computer at all, but I got my money's worth out of it. No regrets.