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Posted by: superpantoufle on 2008-10-26 10:16:02
So, after posting my two first messages around here, it's time for me to introduce myself, say hi to everybody and thank you for your welcome.
So, basically I'm a hardcore Macuser since that day of 1988 when I discovered a strange little beige box on my father's desk. I was 8 at the time, and was immediately fascinated with those white fireworks running on the black screen. It was the Pyro! screensaver. Does it ting a bell to anyone?That beige box was a SE, which I loved a lot, until it was eventually replaced by a LCIII. I bought my very first own Mac twelve years ago, it was a Performa 6320 which still works like a charm. That guy was later replaced by a Clamshell iBook, a couple of G3 and G4 iBooks, a 1st gen black MacBook, and now a MBP.
I can't remember when or why I started collecting vintage Macs. It was certainly about nostalgy for the Shufflepuck Café and Prince of Persia days… Still, my two latest conquests were a wonferful little PowerBook 1400c and a 512k in great shape.
I know about this forum for quite some time, and I've been a long time lurker. I apologize in advance for my sometime bad english, since I'm a french-speaking swiss guy…
See you in a topic!
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Posted by: Cory5412 on 2008-10-26 10:39:29
Hey! Welcome to the forum! Also, nice collection of machines, and definitely a good spread of eras too.
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Posted by: II2II on 2008-10-26 10:42:16
Welcome aboard. I can't remember my first encounter with a Mac, but I remember the first Mac that tried to kill me. 🙂
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-10-26 10:52:00
Welcome aboard. I can't remember my first encounter with a Mac, but I remember the first Mac that tried to kill me. 🙂 Mac truck I asume?
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Posted by: II2II on 2008-10-26 11:24:58
No. An Apple Macintosh Plus.
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2008-10-26 12:25:06
No. An Apple Macintosh Plus. What? Did you attempt to grasp the neck of the picture tube and then jump into a bathtub full of water? That's a sure no-no! :-*
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-26 12:46:44
No. An Apple Macintosh Plus. What? Did you attempt to grasp the neck of the picture tube and then jump into a bathtub full of water? That's a sure no-no! :-*
The things people experiment with these days...
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Posted by: Lateralus on 2008-10-26 13:00:26
No. An Apple Macintosh Plus. What? Did you attempt to grasp the neck of the picture tube and then jump into a bathtub full of water? That's a sure no-no! :-*
When I was a little kid, I tore down an old black and white TV. I wound up removing the 'cap' on the neck of the CRT and put my finger in the hole.
I will remember the result for as long as I live.
Luckily, it was a small TV.
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Posted by: gobabushka on 2008-10-26 14:31:58
ooo, ill bet tht hurt
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-10-26 20:39:22
How do you pronounce your town?
Anyways, welcome and enjoy your stay. Penthouse is over there.
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Posted by: superpantoufle on 2008-10-27 08:29:41
Thank you all for your warm welcome!
How do you pronounce your town? I'm not the king of phonetics, but I guess something like « eevonan » in english would be pretty close to a french-pronounced « Yvonand ».
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-10-27 12:58:54
Bienvenu monsieur! Votre anglais, c'est meilleur que ma français!
I was about to suggest "ee-von-on". It's very hard to transcribe the French terminal "n" sound into English - there's no real phonetic equivalent. Imagine getting halfway through pronouncing an "n" and stopping with it stuck in the back of your throat. Kind of like "ong", but not.
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