• Re: Battle of Britian: Th

    From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Joacim Melin on Mon Apr 20 20:33:34 2020
    Re: Re: Battle of Britian: Th
    By: Joacim Melin to Charles Stephenson on Wed Oct 30 2019 08:13 am

    I randomly go to thrift stores. I've ran into 2 iMacs, both didn't
    have the keyboards. I thought about getting one and seeing if I
    could find a keyboard on eBay or someplace. I still might go get
    it!
    The one has been sitting for awhile...

    You can use any USB keyboard and mouse with Mac OS X / Macos, regardless if it was made for a PC or a Mac. Some keys will need re-mapping in software (easy to
    do in the system configuration) though.

    I ended up thinking about that computer for a WEEK, debating if I should buy it
    or not. after 2 weeks of pussy-footing around I went back to that store happy and confident it would still be there and I'd finally have one of my dream computers only to be disappointed!

    I asked a store clerk about it, she said it was sold like 3 days before I got there, I wanted to kick myself in the balls. :(
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  • From Alan Beck@1:229/426.36 to Charles Stephenson on Tue Apr 21 06:49:47 2020
    My stratagy is to dump in in a cart and wander around thinking.

    I have found many useful things at thrift stores.

    Missed out on an Atari game emulator. Put it down turned the corner, went back and it was gone.

    Cheers,

    Alan



    Re: Re: Battle of Britian: Th By: Joacim Melin to Charles Stephenson on Wed Oct 30 2019 08:13 am

    I randomly go to thrift stores. I've ran into 2 iMacs, both didn't have
    the keyboards. I thought about getting one and seeing if I could find
    a keyboard on eBay or someplace. I still might go get it! The one has
    been sitting for awhile...

    You can use any USB keyboard and mouse with Mac OS X / Macos, regardless
    if it was made for a PC or a Mac. Some keys will need re-mapping in
    software (easy to do in the system configuration) though.

    I ended up thinking about that computer for a WEEK, debating if I should buy it or not. after 2 weeks of pussy-footing around I went back to that store happy and confident it would still be there and I'd finally have
    one of my dream computers only to be disappointed!

    I asked a store clerk about it, she said it was sold like 3 days before I got there, I wanted to kick myself in the balls. :(
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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/16 to Alan Beck on Tue Apr 21 19:48:14 2020
    On Apr 21st 7:30 am Alan Beck said...
    My stratagy is to dump in in a cart and wander around thinking.

    I have found many useful things at thrift stores.

    Missed out on an Atari game emulator. Put it down turned the corner, went back and it was gone.



    I also LOVE thrift stores! I've noticed something alot of the ones in my area, have been haviang an ABUNDANCE of older cable modems and wifi cable modems. too bad I can't think of anything to do with them



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