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|    Message 745 of 1,530    |
|    Alan Beck to Charles Stephenson    |
|    Battle of Britian: Th    |
|    21 Apr 20 06:49:47    |
      MSGID: 1:229/426.36 62641293       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0300       REPLY: 84.fidonet_classicc@1:226/17 230375b2       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                              CS> Re: Re: Battle of Britian: Th By: Joacim Melin to Charles Stephenson        CS> on Wed Oct 30 2019 08:13 am               CS>>> I randomly go to thrift stores. I've ran into 2 iMacs, both didn't have        CS>>> the keyboards. I thought about getting one and seeing if I could find        CS>>> a keyboard on eBay or someplace. I still might go get it! The one has        CS>>> been sitting for awhile...               JM>> You can use any USB keyboard and mouse with Mac OS X / Macos, regardless        JM>> if it was made for a PC or a Mac. Some keys will need re-mapping in        JM>> software (easy to do in the system configuration) though.               CS> I ended up thinking about that computer for a WEEK, debating if I should        CS> buy it or not. after 2 weeks of pussy-footing around I went back to that        CS> store happy and confident it would still be there and I'd finally have        CS> one of my dream computers only to be disappointed!               CS> I asked a store clerk about it, she said it was sold like 3 days before I        CS> got there, I wanted to kick myself in the balls. :(        CS> -+- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        CS> @ ORIGINAL: The New Frontier ][ BBS [frontierbbs.net:23] - OH (1:226/17)              --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)        * Origin: WinPoint (1:229/426.36)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 120/340 601 154/10 226/16 30 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/426 452 981 1014 240/5832 249/1 206 317 400 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 633/280       PATH: 229/426           |
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