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   BOB KLAHN to AUGUST ABOLINS   
   The Computer Retrochallenge   
   20 Sep 11 16:19:32   
   
    AA> Greg Goodwin said the following on 7/8/2010 11:59 PM:   
   >> So is anyone in the Computer Retro Challenge this year?   
   >>   
   >> Better question, if you are messing with a retro computer at   
   >> the moment, you could just slide on into the retro challenge   
   >> and just have fun with it.   
   >>   
   >> Ok, who does not know what the Retro Challenge is?   
      
    AA> Is that a UK contest?   
      
    AA> I'm occupied with my own personal retro challenge. I have   
    AA> an iMac G3 (originally came with OS9), that I have since   
    AA> succeeded to upgrade the BIOS to support OSX.  It is now   
    AA> running well with Tiger 10.5.3.   The network port is dead,   
    AA> but the plan is to use a USB/ethernet dongle.   
      
    I am not familiar with it either. I wonder if my 486DX100   
    running Win 98 wireless into the web would count.   
      
    I do plan to push it back into DOS, or one of my 486s anyway. On   
    the web with an Orinoco Gold wireless card.   
      
      
      
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