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Morganism
Dec 31, 2016, 4:05:28 PM12/31/16
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On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 8:23:16 AM UTC-6, Raymond Lulling wrote:
> I am Raymond. I am a man of opinions and interest in technology. I hate half baked stuff, and good excuses for doing nothing. There are many thing I have good ideas and opinions for improvement but lack the direct ability to repair or upgrade, so I hope to hand off said ideas to those are able. I know a little about many things and a lot about only a few. Jack of all, master of nothing. I am a pessimist and introvert personality, but don't expect some dark shadow in the room. No topics are off limits or beyond opinion, though in certain spaces some topics may be avoided for keeping the air clean, or avoiding conflict with fanboys.
>
> The first computer used was some kind of IBM in elementary school, and by used I mean played with MS paint... Big win 32 things. Color at least. Moved to Madison WI when I was 11. The Madison schools had a back bone of these massive win 32 based IBM things on carts, and massive network cables that looked more like plumbing than wires. Most of the IBMs were color, and the kids used them mostly for games, very little for the school network. Our newest lab in Middleschool was entirely Mac, and were were taught word processing, spread sheets and basic computer graphics on the Apple ii SE based Mac OS 7. I think the best systems were Quadra at the time. School ID, Library cards, and most student functions were done on the Macs, despite the IBM backbone. Highschool, similar. Macs in most classrooms but the offices ran on IBM, and the admin they hired to keep it all running hated Macs with a passion, butted heads with teachers who maintained their Mac labs with a passion.
>
> My first Mac was a 256ke? and a 512. They came with piles of floppies, some games, some software, only one or two bootable. Took apart and merged the 512 with the 256 as the 512 was not working but wanted features of that hardware. Frankensteign lived a few years. Through the lab at school I downloaded bootable disks and made new floppies. Ended up with a good Mac Plus with an installed daughter board that added a co-processor and some extra ram. Built my own SCSI enclosure, with 7 (80MB) used HDD, got from a local PC shop.
>
> Next was a Mac 8600? Upgraded it to a G3 with a Sonnet upgrade. Also installed a Sonnet card that featured ATA133, USB2, and FireWire. I think I had 3 HDD in that Machine, plus later a hacked ATI video card moded for Mac. System was a patched OS9, otherwise would not run on my Mac. Did get an actual used G3 but mostly lept into the G4 and installed OSX Tiger (10.4), last of the true Mac software and hardware.
>
> Started working for that PC shop (5 years, as lead tech and Manager) and built a PC to stand next to my G4. Still using that PC today, having upgraded the CPU, RAM, and Video Card on the way.
>
> Have also M3D micro 3D printer, and Leap Motion. Happy to talk about these any time.
> Really want to add laser Cutter, Lathe, and several more desktop mills to my bench.
>
> By the way, I swear by a piece of software that I have used since the
> old 256ke, called Canvas. I use this for my CAD. I can import/export and
> edit any image with Photoshop like tools (minus the complex plugins),
> can edit PDF and export PDF, DXF, DWG, and SVG. That I used Canvas is
> not open to debate. This statement comes only as there are always those
> who will insist their way is better. I will ask for help and share tips,
> but conversion is out of the question.
>
> I joined Arch reactor through Meetups. I hope to meet others with interests in technology, making, inventing, etc.
> Share, Learn, Invent.
Hi Raymond,
Welcome to Arch Reactor. Thank you for the introduction. Looking forward to seeing you around the Space.
-Morgan
> I am Raymond. I am a man of opinions and interest in technology. I hate half baked stuff, and good excuses for doing nothing. There are many thing I have good ideas and opinions for improvement but lack the direct ability to repair or upgrade, so I hope to hand off said ideas to those are able. I know a little about many things and a lot about only a few. Jack of all, master of nothing. I am a pessimist and introvert personality, but don't expect some dark shadow in the room. No topics are off limits or beyond opinion, though in certain spaces some topics may be avoided for keeping the air clean, or avoiding conflict with fanboys.
>
> The first computer used was some kind of IBM in elementary school, and by used I mean played with MS paint... Big win 32 things. Color at least. Moved to Madison WI when I was 11. The Madison schools had a back bone of these massive win 32 based IBM things on carts, and massive network cables that looked more like plumbing than wires. Most of the IBMs were color, and the kids used them mostly for games, very little for the school network. Our newest lab in Middleschool was entirely Mac, and were were taught word processing, spread sheets and basic computer graphics on the Apple ii SE based Mac OS 7. I think the best systems were Quadra at the time. School ID, Library cards, and most student functions were done on the Macs, despite the IBM backbone. Highschool, similar. Macs in most classrooms but the offices ran on IBM, and the admin they hired to keep it all running hated Macs with a passion, butted heads with teachers who maintained their Mac labs with a passion.
>
> My first Mac was a 256ke? and a 512. They came with piles of floppies, some games, some software, only one or two bootable. Took apart and merged the 512 with the 256 as the 512 was not working but wanted features of that hardware. Frankensteign lived a few years. Through the lab at school I downloaded bootable disks and made new floppies. Ended up with a good Mac Plus with an installed daughter board that added a co-processor and some extra ram. Built my own SCSI enclosure, with 7 (80MB) used HDD, got from a local PC shop.
>
> Next was a Mac 8600? Upgraded it to a G3 with a Sonnet upgrade. Also installed a Sonnet card that featured ATA133, USB2, and FireWire. I think I had 3 HDD in that Machine, plus later a hacked ATI video card moded for Mac. System was a patched OS9, otherwise would not run on my Mac. Did get an actual used G3 but mostly lept into the G4 and installed OSX Tiger (10.4), last of the true Mac software and hardware.
>
> Started working for that PC shop (5 years, as lead tech and Manager) and built a PC to stand next to my G4. Still using that PC today, having upgraded the CPU, RAM, and Video Card on the way.
>
> Have also M3D micro 3D printer, and Leap Motion. Happy to talk about these any time.
> Really want to add laser Cutter, Lathe, and several more desktop mills to my bench.
>
> By the way, I swear by a piece of software that I have used since the
> old 256ke, called Canvas. I use this for my CAD. I can import/export and
> edit any image with Photoshop like tools (minus the complex plugins),
> can edit PDF and export PDF, DXF, DWG, and SVG. That I used Canvas is
> not open to debate. This statement comes only as there are always those
> who will insist their way is better. I will ask for help and share tips,
> but conversion is out of the question.
>
> I joined Arch reactor through Meetups. I hope to meet others with interests in technology, making, inventing, etc.
> Share, Learn, Invent.
Hi Raymond,
Welcome to Arch Reactor. Thank you for the introduction. Looking forward to seeing you around the Space.
-Morgan
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