Subj : Re: the mac club
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Jun 29 2025 01:55 pm

  Re: Re: the mac club
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to RetroSwim on Sun Jun 29 2025 11:15 am

 PF> I miss the days of my local corner computer store in the '90s -
 PF> advertizing in MicroTimes or Computer Currents, and competing with the
 PF> store down the road.

 PF> You could pick the motherboard, the case, video card, and they'd have it
 PF> together in a day. Throw in one of those pirated copies of Windows and
 PF> MS-DOS, pick a soft or clicky keyboard, and you're good to go.

 PF> They were a great way of building linux-friendly systems before hardware
 PF> support was wide-spread.

I miss stores like that too.  Normally I didn't have them build it for me though; I'd buy parts at those stores and put it together myself.  I liked having stores like that to physically go to and buy from.

Nightfox
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