Adam Brisebois (YesterGearPC) @yestergearpc@ccrvb.com
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Adam Brisebois (YesterGearPC)
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What would you consider to be the “Golden Era” of Macintosh computing?
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@lunarloony The 2144 chassis/model had several configurations over the period of 2-3 years. They started in the 486 era, and went through the pentium MMX era. I'm sure he bought it early on when the 486 was still king, and that price sounds about right!
@splorp That's completely fair. It wasn't the easiest system to bring online (but also very very far from the hardest). Found an online step-by-step for mine, and had no problems after I picked the proper version of Debian for "the fastest install". $30/yr with VPS and domain name.
Why I say DIY is: then you're in complete control, and nobody can pull the "Well, it was a good run but we're shutting down" on you.
I'd be happy to point you in the right direction if you decide to go that way
@lunarloony I have a lovely 2144, but it's a later model with a Pentium 120! I love the G40 monitor as well, mine works perfectly.
@splorp I'm firmly in the "Make your own" camp. But if you're going to pick one of the others, either bitbang or oldbytes seem to be pretty retro-heavy.
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When I teach seniors how to avoid scams I take all of the Tech out of the conversation. ALL of it. Any mention of tech and the entire session is wasted as the fear of tech is stronger than the fear os being scammed.
However, what I do is show them how to spot when the scam is working on them. strong emotions are key to a phone scam
"If you feel angry"
"If you feel excited"
"If you feel afraid"
"If you feel pressured"
"If you feel rushed"
HANG UP!
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what was your first social network?
(plz boost for sample size) 
And there's the proper keycap set. I have a set of Atari keyboard decals coming, so every key will get a sticker to match, but that's the color scheme.
Slapped on some random keycaps. The letters are mostly correct, the rest is mostly not. Feels really really nice to type on!
@f00fc7c8 I'm currently rebuilding an Imsai 8080 for a friend, so I could totally stage that setup lol.
@tarek@social.sdf.org Sometime in the next month or so I'm going to give it the 48k ram upgrade too.
The #Atari 400 is reassembled after bad ram chip replacement and keyboard upgrade!! Just waiting on keycaps now.
@kelpana just finished going one step further lol. Works great. Uses AT PSU.
@kelpana I've seen about 20 different models. I should probably just pick up the RCT Pro.
None of them are here today, though ;) I'm quite impatient sometimes lol.
Update to the #Atari 400 keyboard upgrade.. Keycaps come in soon :D
Inspired by @NanoRaptor - I present the DB-14. It was used for CAD applications, however it was also known to suffer data loss.
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