Comments on: 20 years of Mac http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/ Searching for one brief hour of Madness & Joy Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: beelzebabe http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-255 Sun, 01 Feb 2004 04:37:10 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-255 are you still obsessed with martika ? are you still obsessed with martika ?

]]> by: Bill Coughlan http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-254 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:26:39 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-254 Whoops, my bad. I was confusing the II+ with the IIe. Memory starts playing tricks on you once you hit a certain age. Whoops, my bad. I was confusing the II+ with the IIe.

Memory starts playing tricks on you once you hit a certain age.

]]> by: Bill Coughlan http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-253 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:24:25 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/2004/01/27/20-years-of-mac/#comment-253 In 1984, I would have killed for an Apple II+. Of course, it didn't really matter, as I was at boarding school, and the "computer room" had several of them, but once I was home, it was back to the old Atari 800. And then one glorious day, my dad decided to get a new Macintosh SE rather than a DOS-based PC... ... and as a direct result, I have a career. (Of course, I'd pretty much managed to forget Chess King, Quiet Riot, and the velcro OP wallet until you mentioned them.) In 1984, I would have killed for an Apple II+. Of course, it didn’t really matter, as I was at boarding school, and the “computer room” had several of them, but once I was home, it was back to the old Atari 800.

And then one glorious day, my dad decided to get a new Macintosh SE rather than a DOS-based PC…

… and as a direct result, I have a career.

(Of course, I’d pretty much managed to forget Chess King, Quiet Riot, and the velcro OP wallet until you mentioned them.)

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