Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:12 pm

blah blah 9600 baud. :D

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by gnat » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:26 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:12 pm blah blah 9600 baud. :D
You had 9600? My hand-me down TRS-80 has a 300 baud cradle modem.

I believe I have finally forgotten how to whistle the 2400 baud connection sequence (that was a really handy trick in AOL tech support when the Billy type people would tell the modem to dial no matter how many times you told them not to...

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:11 pm

gnat wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:26 pm
5chn3ll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:12 pm blah blah 9600 baud. :D
You had 9600? My hand-me down TRS-80 has a 300 baud cradle modem.

I believe I have finally forgotten how to whistle the 2400 baud connection sequence (that was a really handy trick in AOL tech support when the Billy type people would tell the modem to dial no matter how many times you told them not to...
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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:13 pm

Before we got our first Apple ][ with an acoustic coupler modem, we used this to start and check on jobs running at CDC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Data_Corporation)...the venerable Silent 700...

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Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:17 pm

When we got "new" (they were $50K list - so we waited a long time to get them) Tek 4014's, we were officially The Shit (tm)...
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Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by gnat » Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:37 am

5chn3ll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:14 am Apple refurbs are the ticket. You won't get the same unboxing experience you do with a brand-new Apple product, but who gives a shit about the box?
Still get "experience".
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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 5chn3ll » Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:43 am

So...using the iPad with the pencil as a Wacom-esque input device does work. However, running my non-Pro iPad at the Air's native resolution makes it pretty much a gimmick.

With an iPad pro, I could see it actually being useful if you already had all the parts.

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Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Post by gnat » Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:44 am

Mmmm... 64GB...
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Post by 5chn3ll » Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:14 am

Your operating system is old, bruh.

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Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Re: Ok...so I think I killed my laptop last night

Post by 5chn3ll » Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:20 am

What did you do to get Billy to ban you? I wasn't expecting him to flex on you...

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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