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not quite ebay
but i do have a stack of old computers solely because they were once technically brilliant
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:04, archived)
i really ought to sell the riscpc in fact
they're still worth a mint
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:06, archived)
you bastards
now i'm browsing the vintage computing section on ebay. this kind of thing never has a happy ending
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:11, archived)
I visited a friend recently who produced one of these:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Macintosh

His kids were in awe.
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:11, archived)
i have an SE30
i wrote my dissertation on it, in fact (it didn't have internet capability, so i wouldn't get distracted). sadly, it seems to have packed up recently
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:17, archived)
Not wanting to get into a pissing war,
but the converstion when it was produced was that it was his treat to himself after he graduated and got his first job. He typed all his college papers on a typewriter. The kids didn't really get it.
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:20, archived)
sorry, i didn't mean to come across as one-uppish
i was just adding my tale to yours
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:23, archived)
You didn't.
I didn't want to.
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:27, archived)
good-oh

(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:38, archived)
I did a web design for the guys who currently have the risc license
/geek claim to fame.
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:15, archived)
They actually demo'ed one of the computers to me
Didn't really make much sense to me though our graphic designer at the time thought it was good.
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:17, archived)
ooo
iyonix (sp?) or someone else?
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:19, archived)
Yup
They took most of the "design" (I'm no designer, why I was given the task to design it I don't know)
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:21, archived)
they should make an eee pc clone
an arm low-voltage processor and risc os in a tiny laptop would rock
(, Sat 2 Feb 2008, 22:33, archived)