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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 12 18:55:08 2022
    From the «me too» department:
    Feed: OSnews
    Title: My favourite computer: an old Mac
    Author: Thom Holwerda
    Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:47:49 -0400
    Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/135384/my-favourite-computer-an-old-mac/


    This Macintosh Classic II wasn’t the best computer of its day, it wasn’t even
    the best Mac available at the time, but 30 years on and as its second owner it has unexpectedly become one of my favourite computers[1].

    The Classic II sits on a desk in the corner of my living room, just beside my main front window. It takes up a small amount of space, is unassuming, and always looks happy, ready to serve me whenever I call on it.

    There’s definitely something to be said about using an old, disconnected computer for certain tasks. Of course, this imposes a lot of limits that may end
    up frustrating and annoying, but it may also be calming.

    Links:
    [1]: http://muezza.ca/thoughts/favourite_computer/ (link)



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  • From Anthk@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Fri Oct 14 21:12:02 2022
    On 2022-10-12, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
    From the «me too» department:
    Feed: OSnews
    Title: My favourite computer: an old Mac
    Author: Thom Holwerda
    Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:47:49 -0400
    Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/135384/my-favourite-computer-an-old-mac/


    This Macintosh Classic II wasn’t the best computer of its day, it wasn’t even
    the best Mac available at the time, but 30 years on and as its second owner it
    has unexpectedly become one of my favourite computers[1].

    The Classic II sits on a desk in the corner of my living room, just beside my main front window. It takes up a small amount of space, is unassuming, and always looks happy, ready to serve me whenever I call on it.

    There’s definitely something to be said about using an old, disconnected computer for certain tasks. Of course, this imposes a lot of limits that may end
    up frustrating and annoying, but it may also be calming.

    Links:
    [1]: http://muezza.ca/thoughts/favourite_computer/ (link)




    Good. I already helper the author of the post on Bitlbee as a gateway from
    IRC to multiple IM/chat services.

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