[rescue] 670MP funzies....PC card too?

[Jeremy Nielson]

Ya know...

When I was a kid (which really wasn't that long ago), I would do anything to
play on computers at my dad's work, and when he'd bring home the Compaq
"Laptop" (yeah, remember the 80 pound "laptops"?)... I would play on those.
They were dos machines, and i loved every minute i could spend with them.

Is it something about computers being more ubiquitous, that kids are more
snobbish about what kinds of computers they'll play on?  If my dad had a Sun
or anything, I would gladly have played on that thing, too...

Jeremy Nielson


----- Original Message -----
From: BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak
<bobkeys at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] 670MP funzies....PC card too?


> > > I would, but you know how the ol' other half counterpart syndrome
goes...
> > > she gots ta haves 'er Gatesware thingy.  I would love to dispense with
> > > it into the dumpster, but..... I am the only one around the house that
> > > speaks any *nixese.  The kids and mom are strictly Gatesware types.
> > > Mebbie I didn't do enuf pennance in a prior life.....(:+{{.....
> >
> > Has she ever considered the joys of Mac land?  If you can convert her,
> > then dealing with the kids should be no problem.  Just tell that they
will
> > use linux and linux games until they feel like buying their own freeking
> > computers.
>
> Well, she is rabid into W2k or whatever her recent update is at the
office.
> She used to run macs at one place she worked, but now it is all Gatesware
> for her.  The kid runs what the schools run.  But, now and then I can get
> the kid to browse on the Suntoyz here in the office.  There may be some
> hope for the kid, yet....(:+}}... I ought to outfit the kid with a good
> SunLinux box as a starter, perhaps....hmmmm, something to think about.
>
> Bob
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