Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-05-04 Thread Jason Custer
I remember the rainbow, it was a brick! I was a teen ager at the time bbs's were cool, My parents were stuffy about using the phone line. I had exactly 1 hour to mess around, I would download stuff with my BNS, put it on a floppy, put the floppy in my 286, and mess with that for 24 hours,

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
When i used the mac to connect to bbses in the beginning of the 90-s, there were basically two mailers available for Fidonet, and it was Formula 1, which many used at that time and Tabby which was kinda hard to set up and make it work. I don't know how the more expensive bbs systems like T

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-22 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, We are rebuilding a typing game for Macs. It is http://www.vipbc.org/ Thanks, Alex, On 21-Apr-09, at 9:52 PM, Jason Custer wrote: > > Well, When I was using an apple II e, it was in the 80's. The ibm was > new in my school, but not accessible. The screen reader freedom > something was de

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-22 Thread Scott Howell
Funny Jason, I remember BBS systems very well. I used to run a bbs and was a national Fideonet hub for a while. Recently I heard a podcast from Retro Mac (available in the iTunes store as I believe retromac) and they had someone on who talked about the bbs software available for the Mac. I

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Someone gave me a DEC Rainbow 100. It was a CP/M based computer, and even CP/M was a dinosaur, a dead language. But it came with a Dectalk, which I used to use with the Apple II/C some times, before I got the cricket. It was primitive and slow, simply channeling raw output to the Dectal

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-22 Thread Krister Ekstrom
22 apr 2009 kl. 06.52 skrev Jason Custer: > I also got a kick out of using the > internal modem to connect to a bbs. Anybody remember bbs's? Oh yeah. I was one of the people who when having converted to Dos sat up a bbs. It wasn't high trafficed by no means, because i didn't want it to be,

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-22 Thread Jason Custer
Well, When I was using an apple II e, it was in the 80's. The ibm was new in my school, but not accessible. The screen reader freedom something was developed in the late 80s early 90's to work with dectalk, an external serial synth at that time, but the screen reader had no review mode, it

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-21 Thread Jessi Rathwell
wow. I don't remember any of this stuff but it sure is interesting reading about it!! it seems strange t think that so many f ya'll were using apple computers back in the day in college. were pc's completely inaccessible then or were you all just mac enthusiasts from the beginning? peace a

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-21 Thread Mark Baxter
Jessie Casum. I had such a crush on Jessie Casun or whatever he name was. I talked to her once when I was asking a question about Bex. I used Bex all the way through college to do my papers. Either Bex or Prowords, but more often Bex. I had a spell checker for it, even, but it never w

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-21 Thread Jason Custer
Anybody remember BEX, braille edit express? I had an apple II e, an otsuki braille printer, it did braille and print at the same time, and even an echo II plus. Who could forget the image writer? My friends used to make those huge banners in print shop. The echo had polyphonic music capabi

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Jessi Rathwell
haha. well, you try it and let me know how it is and then I'll think about it lol. I wanna make sure it works first though!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 20-Apr-09, at 6:20 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Jessi, > > I'll try to see if I

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Just checked and the apple USB modem is $49 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA034Z/A of course there are lots of 3rd party USB modems for cheaper but who knows how well they work. Here's one for under $25 http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?Redir=1&description=Zoom%2DV92+USB+MINI+5

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, I'll try to see if I can bring it up under USB using the onboard and offboard adapters. If I can, YOu are welcome to it. I hate seeing people struggle with PCs. Just pay shipping and handleing or alternatively my time going to Abisford, depending which is cheaper. Lol. Just k

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, No. Sheep Shaver is the only PPC emulator. Also, Qemu may be able to do so. Thanks, Alex, On 20-Apr-09, at 2:02 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > Speaking of emulators, i wonder if it would be possible to run Os 7 > or earlier with outspoken as a virtual machine with Vmware Fusion > under

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
;> apauled! >>>>>>> I was like but...it's an antique!!! and she was like well, I'm >>>>>>> using >>>>>>> an antique now, wanna use it? referencing her poor athsmatic pc >>>>>>> which >>>&

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It wasn't anything personally. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:48 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > hey now!!! I'm much more than a number. lol. my student number does > not define me. lol. and nor should these numbers of these old OS's. > they should stand up for their rights to be named! l

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, you may be right I'm having a senior moment. I know the old AirPort Extreme had a modem built-in. THis was the model that looked like a UFO. On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Wow back in my day it was like 40 US. > > "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Speaking of emulators, i wonder if it would be possible to run Os 7 or earlier with outspoken as a virtual machine with Vmware Fusion under Leopard? Sounds like a long way of doing things, but just out of curiosity... /Krister 20 apr 2009 kl. 04.39 skrev chantel cuddemi: > > Yeah, there's

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dan and everyone, We have an Apple modem on the Mac Mini we keep in the office. It's used for faxes and hasn't given any trouble so far (about 6 months). Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread chantel cuddemi
Yeah, there's an emulator of it. On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: > > wasn't an old os named basculous or something? > On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> lol really? a funeral? that's hilarious!! I wonder if there are >> youtube videos? haha. here lies O

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Brandon Misch
wasn't an old os named basculous or something? On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > lol really? a funeral? that's hilarious!! I wonder if there are > youtube videos? haha. here lies OS9.2.2, no name. it's served us > faithfuly for many months, but it is now time for it to rest

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Justin Harford
Wow back in my day it was like 40 US. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. El 19/04/2009, a las 17:42, Jessi Rathwell escribió: > > hmm. maybe I'll look into it!! > peace and positivity

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmm. maybe I'll look into it!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 3:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US. > On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> oh, dang.

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah they do have a USB modem available, however, in reading reviews on it, I'm not too sure about it. Does anyone on this list here have it, and if so have they had good luck with it? Some of the reviews, make the product seem like it's not even worth the money. On Apr 19, 2009, at 6:2

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Scott Howell
Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US. On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm > lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even > exists! having to use my pc when I

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even exists! having to use my pc when I'm at my cabin is just not cool. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a decently working pc, but it's almost as bad as my

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol so glad you showed Matthew the good side. I wish I could help you. I'd be glad too if I lived closer. I'd love to show people the wonders of voiceover. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 2:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > >

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hey now!!! I'm much more than a number. lol. my student number does not define me. lol. and nor should these numbers of these old OS's. they should stand up for their rights to be named! lol peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 2:38 PM,

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
ique!!! and she was like well, I'm >>>>>> using >>>>>> an antique now, wanna use it? referencing her poor athsmatic pc >>>>>> which >>>>>> is on its way out. lol. >>>>>> let us know how you make out gett

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol. well, if we can convince skytrain to expand and come all the way out here so I'm not stuck in this boring prison town, I'll gladly come over to your house and see it! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 2:37 PM, Alex Jurgensen wro

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Yes. Thanks, Alex, Jessi, It won't work for you with USB. It is for the old ADB connection I think. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 11:16 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > a dialup modem? > On 18-Apr-09, at 11:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I have an old Apple compatable mo

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Matthew, one of my students has it saying "Yo Dude, ... Welcome" or something. In case yall didn't know I'm a tech teacher in BC now. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:29 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine! > right now it say

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
gt;>>> thing!! >>>>> I'm curious now! lol. I wonder what the default browser was before >>>>> safari? >>>>> peace and positivity >>>>> Jessi >>>>> follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >>&

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, Like students in a university. Lol. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:30 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > aww. things that are just numbers make me sad. nothing should be just > a number. lol. > peace and positivity > Jessi > follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva > On 19-

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, It is called my server room. Full of like all this old stuff. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:34 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > lol nice!!! man I wish we still had that old mac, I'd love so badly to > dig it up and see if it still worked lol. sadness. someone really > needs to put

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol nice!!! man I wish we still had that old mac, I'd love so badly to dig it up and see if it still worked lol. sadness. someone really needs to put all these amazing old things in one room and we can all come visit. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_d

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
yeah, I get questions like that all the time. how easy it to do this? you use the mac for everything? wow. like they don't believe it can work or something. it's sad!! I know apple wasn't always known for its accessibility in the past but they're really really doing a complete 180 and chan

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
aww. things that are just numbers make me sad. nothing should be just a number. lol. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 7:49 AM, kaare dehard wrote: > > the old os's were just numbered, no nice marketing stuff like cat > names. Just a

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine! right now it says the boring welcome to macintosh. voiceover is running. I need a cute greeting. lol. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 12:17 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote:

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Eleni, (like the new name, by the way), We've just ordered the audio book from Amazon, they didn't refuse to sell it to France. It's a lot more expensive, though. But worth it, I'm sure. Cheers, Anne On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > Anne, you might wanna torrent that

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
> I'm curious now! lol. I wonder what the default browser was before >>>> safari? >>>> peace and positivity >>>> Jessi >>>> follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 10:34 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
/canadian_diva >>> On 18-Apr-09, at 10:34 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Me too. Looking into getting a shell account and a modem for my >>>> GS. >>>> I'm gonna get on the net with that thing! Hope it doesn't blow

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
> > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:59 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: oldschool mac nostalgia > > &

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Tiffany D
macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:59 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: oldschool mac nostalgia > > > Hey there. > I sorta have to protest here.:-) Outspoken was a

RE: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Cameron
nt: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:59 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: oldschool mac nostalgia Hey there. I sorta have to protest here.:-) Outspoken was a hell of a good screen reader for being as primitive as it seemed. Ok, you didn't have all those fancy things you can d

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Tiffany D
lol Mine says ya soo eleni but really in Greek with the Dimitris voice. Love it. On 19/04/2009, Eliza Cooper wrote: > > VO restarts on my Mac once every few days, I'd say, but I kind of find > it amusing. The volume doesn't change, but Alex greets me with > "What's up, dude?", and I love the w

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Eliza Cooper
VO restarts on my Mac once every few days, I'd say, but I kind of find it amusing. The volume doesn't change, but Alex greets me with "What's up, dude?", and I love the way he says it. It's as if he's just checking in on me hahaha. Eliza On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Tiffany D wrote:

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
Oh right on! :) If it wasn't for his Proterm talking terminal emulator, I wouldn't have become addicted to chat networks. I might still be a virgin, even. :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Randy Stegall
I remember System 7 and OutSpoken. Macintalk would quit for some unknown reason and I'd have to restart my Mac. I remember that I had to set the color to black & white before OutSpoken would work properly. No, I have not noticed any increase in VoiceOver restarts. In fact, there have bee

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Tiffany D
Texttalker! That's the one I got. Believe it or not, I actually got that and Proterm from APH only a few years ago. I had an old catalogue of their's and they had a few old things lying around. Does anyone know of a place that sells vintage tech for the blind, not just computer stuff but gener

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, Larry isn't quite that old, but he is aging nicely. He works for APH these days and last I knew, doing very well. On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street > Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Esther, On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Esther wrote: > > If you're using the U.S. Audible Store here's the link to Steve > Wozniak's biography: > > http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000306&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes > A.R. This is truly maddening! I tried

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread kaare dehard
the old os's were just numbered, no nice marketing stuff like cat names. Just a number. On 18-Apr-09, at 3:59 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > haha wow! what was OS7 called? lol. I'm really curious about the rest > of the OS's! like I know all OS10s are cat names, but what about > before? lol. > O

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he's still around the accessibility scene somewhere, man he's gotta be like 80 by now. :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotm

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
Outspoken was great up until system 6, and even though I didn't use it after that, Berkeley systems put out patches for it through System seven or eight. I held down a job, used a network and the Internet (such as it was), wrote a novel-length work of science fiction with it. I used a 24

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
I gave a presentation on the use of the Mac with OutSpoken to the Visually Impaired and Blind User's Group in 1990, shortly after moving to Boston, MA to take a job in which I used the Mac and OutSpoken to perform my job duties. At the time, a rep from one of the local institutions who wa

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
For the Apple II series there was a game called Nightcrawler. which was a knock-off of the centipede game for arcade machines. I made geek fame by scoring first or second in every Nightcrawler Apple II gathering we would take over the computer room for. *grin* I also remember those tal

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
The only VO crash I think I've noticed is occurring sometimes in Ichat, when I attempt to interact with the html frame to read the messages. In about five seconds, vo says, "Oh, have we started again?" which is what I have it say when it starts up, and then all's well. If this is the wor

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Anne Robertson
I used `netscape with OS 8 and OutSpoken, oh yes, and iCab. WE always got rid of IE. Cheers, Anne On Apr 19, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > camino? hmm. never heard of it, lol. and IE? eww! lol. so glad safari > was invented!! haha. > peace and positivity > Jes --~--~-

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hey there. I sorta have to protest here.:-) Outspoken was a hell of a good screen reader for being as primitive as it seemed. Ok, you didn't have all those fancy things you can do nowadays with screen readers, but it had quite a lot of inventive tricks that you could do. For graphical obje

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Just curious since i never have layed my hands on an Apple II, what screen readers were used on those beasts and how were they compared to the screen readers for Dos or such at that time? /Krister 19 apr 2009 kl. 06.08 skrev Tiffany D: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But y

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
yeah, that would be interesting, a history lesson about accessibility. although, it doesn't seem like there was too much accessibility before VO. outspoken seemed like it only did so much. that's funny people were protesting against GUI's though, although I can see how they might think tha

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, There were no such names as "tiger" or "leopard" at that time. As far as i remember the system was called "system 7". I think it was called "Macos" from v8 or possibly v9 but i can be wrong. It would be interesting with a little history lesson from a blindness perspective of apple produc

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
pr-09, at 10:34 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >> >>> >>> Me too. Looking into getting a shell account and a modem for my GS. >>> I'm gonna get on the net with that thing! Hope it doesn't blow up. >>> rofl >>> >>> On 19/04/2009, Jessi Rathwel

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
a dialup modem? On 18-Apr-09, at 11:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > >> >> I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing >> this

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmmm. I could've sworn there was a car racing game too. but maybe not? but my brain keeps telling me there was, it was called top speed or speed racing or something to do with speed! it existed, I know it did lol! my mom's computer isn't really an antique. it's a three year old toshiba lap

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing > this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and > VoiceOver will resta

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I didn't know that. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 9:05 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi all, > I know that mac OS 9.1 was named limelight and 9.2 was named > moonlight. I don't know what the others were before that. > Also, here is a great web site that talks about old school macs and > t

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
ng into getting a shell account and a modem for my GS. >> I'm gonna get on the net with that thing! Hope it doesn't blow up. >> rofl >> >> On 19/04/2009, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >>> >>> lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
No, 6 voice control 7 exit. lol On 19/04/2009, Tiffany D wrote: > Hmm, now you got me curious. Let's see. > 1 talking writer > 2 typing game > 3 dragon maise > 4 space invaders > 5 music game > 6 exit > Don't ask me how I remembered that. I've got two disks with it > though. the one is the ex

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
Hmm, now you got me curious. Let's see. 1 talking writer 2 typing game 3 dragon maise 4 space invaders 5 music game 6 exit Don't ask me how I remembered that. I've got two disks with it though. the one is the exact one I used in my elementary school days and is warped but still works and the ot

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
OMG, space invadors!! I remember my brother playing that when we were little lol! wasn't there some other games that came with it too? a car racing one I think? and some other random ones? peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 9:26 PM, T

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
si Rathwell wrote: >> >> lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did >> hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread! >> long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!! >> peace and positivity >> Jessi >> follow me on twitter www.t

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
haha, John, that youtube vid was great!! can't wait to check out the other ones Tiffany mentioned. this is good stuff! lol. I love it. "he never once flaunted his power...with a start menu." lol. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 9:

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
th a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread! > long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!! > peace and positivity > Jessi > follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva > On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > >> >> I keep trying to convince people they should name

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmmm, yeah, I've noticed that about VO crashing more lately too. but the nice thing about VO is even if it has to crash, it fixes itself! so it's kind of annoying but really not that big of a deal cuz it knows it needs to be loyal to its user and it just comes back lol. but yeah, I've noti

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol...that sounded like a cheesy infomercial! sorry but it did hahaha!! OS2.3!! the OS with a lot!!! lol lol omg I love this thread! long live oldschool mac nostalgia!!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 8:32 PM, Mark Baxter wrote

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Justin Harford
I've also noticed the crashing. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. El 18/04/2009, a las 21:08, Tiffany D escribió: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seei

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
Does anyone know if something like this would be accessible for us either on Windows or on Leopard? They said they're working on the Mac one so that's why I asked. I don't mean with the graphical stuff but with the things that are text-based... http://www.virtualapple.org/ I was thinking of sugg

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and VoiceOver will restart. Thanks for the info on the names. Btw, if you type in Apple II Forever in youtube you'll find a really cool video and then the one after

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I know that mac OS 9.1 was named limelight and 9.2 was named moonlight. I don't know what the others were before that. Also, here is a great web site that talks about old school macs and their current uses today. There's also a lot of older articles you can click through and read. h

vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Greetings, I can't believe I am getting sucked into this. But System 7 was code named Big Bang. I know this because I referred to it as the big bust, since I thought 6.07 was much better and 7 broke many font and text drawing routines in Mac apps and the foundations for true type fonts we

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Mark Baxter
I keep trying to convince people they should name one of the OS's Osalot. as in O S a lot! It's the operating system with a lot! ... okay maybe it sounded better in m head. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurni

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2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol really? a funeral? that's hilarious!! I wonder if there are youtube videos? haha. here lies OS9.2.2, no name. it's served us faithfuly for many months, but it is now time for it to rest in piece as we unvail the powerful OS10. peace and positivity:) Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter

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2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
ooh wee!!! there's a powerfuly discriptive statement, lol!! was it another screenreader or what? peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 5:42 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no > des

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2009-04-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
lol seriously? Hahahahaa. On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Oops, that is right. A goldy Black Lab. Well, OS 9.2.2 was actually given a funeral with Steve Jobs and a coffin and everything to symbolize the end of OS 9.2.2 and the classic apps and the beggining of OS X. T

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2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Oops, that is right. A goldy Black Lab. Well, OS 9.2.2 was actually given a funeral with Steve Jobs and a coffin and everything to symbolize the end of OS 9.2.2 and the classic apps and the beggining of OS X. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 5:38 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > lol. 11.0

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2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Now it uses the Bruse/Alex voice on Leopard/Tiger. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 5:42 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no > desire at all ever to hear it again ever. With you it was "button," > for me, it was the way it said "dial

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2009-04-18 Thread Mark Baxter
I do believe that the talking moos still exists, though I have no desire at all ever to hear it again ever. With you it was "button," for me, it was the way it said "dialog." Like fingernails on slate scored by battery acid dipped in razors on sheet metal. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twi

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2009-04-18 Thread Mark Baxter
They didn't have cute kitty name until Tiger, and that was four or five OS'es again. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this messa

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2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol. 11.0 chocolate lab. Goldie is a black lab, lol. that would be interesting if Steve Jobs saw her and fell in love with her royal cuteness and decided hey. I'mma name my next OS after this girl's guide dog. lol. for real, though, OS 9, 8, etc didn't have any names? aww. that's sad. eve

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2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol that sounds hilarious! what kinds of random things? peace and positivity:) Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 4:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > I'll send it to you next time I'm on MSN. I have an OS X copy of it. > It speaks random things at ran

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2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I'll send it to you next time I'm on MSN. I have an OS X copy of it. It speaks random things at random as you use the computer. Thanks, alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 1:05 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > lol. what was the talking moose? sounds like an interesting app lol! > peace and positivity:)

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, They had no names as far as I remember. Mac OS 11.0 "Chocolate Lab" A.K.A. "Goldy" Maybe. Well, the computers at that time actually had nicknames, not the OS's. These Apple regarded as code names, moddel names if you will. OS X is as follows: Beta release (Unknown) 10.0 Puma 10.1 Cheeta

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2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I have parctically every eddition of the G4 towers ever made i think. Also a G4 IBook and G4 Mac Mini. I also have that old Mac I can't remember the name of and the G3 beighe. Anyone want to donate to an Apple Museum? Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 3:45 PM, Esther wrote: > > For anyo

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Talking Moos is still around for OSX. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 11:23 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I went to college with an Apple 2C and an Echo Cricket which I did all > my papers on. This was 1986-90, and the whole Dartmouth campus was > wired for Macs. My roommate used to taunt m

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
wow, thanks!! I wonder why I didn't find it when I looked? my faith in audible has been restored, lol. thanks! it looks like I'll be able to get it, too even though I'm using the canadian audible store. yay! I still have a ways to go on my current read, but once I finish it this will be my

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2009-04-18 Thread Esther
For anyone wanting to get Wozniak's biography from the iTunes Store here's the URL: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=207652969&s=143455 This is actually cheaper than at Audible ($10.95 in iTunes vs. $12.24 member price at the U.S. Audible Store) and is proba

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Esther
Hi Jessi, If you're using the U.S. Audible Store here's the link to Steve Wozniak's biography: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000306&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes The list price is $17.49 and the member price is $12.24. I don't know if there are geograph

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2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
dang it audible, how dare you let me down again!!! lol. it's not there! :( audible doesn't seem to ever have what I want lately. and I used to love it! oh well, will have to find it another way. it sounds interesting and it's about time I read a different style of book, lol three chick lit

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