inherited hardware

I inherited some computer goodies from Simon before he left for Houston. A much-needed printer, and a happy little original "bondi blue" iMac. I've had a lot of fun rehabbing the iMac. It seems like its main problem was that 32MB was hardly enough to run the operating system without resorting to virtual memory, which is slow slow slow. For $40, I got 256MB, which is more than enough for OS 9, and even enough for OS X, which I've been wanting to try out forever. Much time has been spent pining at the Apple store at the Cambridgeside Galleria. Apple hardware is just too dang expensive. I haven't really had a new computer in about 4 years. Anyway, having a mac fall in my lap is going to tide me over until the next version of OS X comes out and I have enough dosh saved for one of the spiffy new G5's.

I love OS X. There's something about any version of Windows that just stinks like a cubicle. OS X is pretty, smart, and fun. It's unix, so of course it's smart, and fun in a kind of unixy kind of way. But the eye candy is so over the top that it's hard not to love it, and want to have fun with it. It comes with a CD of developer tools. Bwah ha ha.

Oh, and while I'm on the subject of computers I've loved... My uncle bought us a TI-994a for Christmas when I was 10, and it's where I first learned anything about programming. Well, apparently, there are enough other people who loved their TI enough that there are not just one, but several emulators that you can get which turn your fancy modern PC into a wonderful 16k Texas Instsruments home computer from 1984. Still, it's not right if you don't plug it into a TV.



10 PRINT "Ezra is cool"
20 GOTO 10