I'm not dead, yet.

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However, that may be re-evaluated in the near future.

I took a few months off because I've been and still am studying for some certifications (I'm a computer security guy). Work has also gotten VERY busy, my family was sick, I still am sick, and my big, white doggie has something that the vets have been unable to figure out. She seems OK, other than a large tumor on her neck. Only other symptom is that she now snores.

I'm going to try to catch up on a few of the threads I've missed in the past few months. It'll take a while.
 
Welcome back. I don't recommend dying, it tends to disrupt life and one's wellbeing.

Last April I had a Subarachnoid hemorrhagic stroke which I had to be resuscitated from.
So ... I've slowed down even more from the cancer junk 7 years ago.
I only tend to manage maybe at most five things to do. If I have more important things then other things are just pushed aside.
I'm not online much and that can get pushed aside for a while sometimes.

family, work, health are the top 3. I have my kids and I take care of my aging parents too.
I can't really drive a distance .. I get hallucinations from faster moving objects as one example. 'ya know .. fun stuff.
 
I keep trying to ignore the age thing. You know, my siblings, family, friends and such. I still feel much younger than that damn mirror tried to tell me I am. I am glad this forum has life in it, it can be a very nice reference as well as community.
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I keep trying to ignore the age thing.

Yes, I did too, unfortunately, I woke up about a month ago with a non functioning left hand, due to
"severe multiple mononeuropathies"


 
I used real technology back in 1983 ... character recognition computers ... or PDA/Computer
I also used that Compaq too. Columbia, Osborne ... what a time to be in technology. Luckily I didn't have to lug any of those around.
 

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A techie friend asked me, a little while ago, what's the oldest computer I have. Up until recently, I had a Macintosh Plus. That'd be late 80s. I'm pretty sure I have a Macbook Core 2 Duo stashed someplace. That'd be around 2007.
 
I recently (last several years) threw away an old PC compatible with an 8086 processor that had a turbo feature on it. I still have the Harddrive though.

The oldest mac is this one collecting dust on a shelf. It looks too good to throw away.
When the kids move out and I get a study room back. My book collection along with this is going to adorn the room. It still works (last time I tried using it) and it has the Mac version of Word, Excel, etc on it.

Think I have an iPod Touch v1 laying around somewhere too. Nothing of the days of Apple ][+, //e, ///, LISA / XL and the original cute MacIntosh. Though I still may have software from back in the day like PageMaker v1 for Mac.
 

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Somewhere in a moving box in my storeroom, I have a Palm Pilot III (1999), the charging / data transfer dock, and a CD of the software. If the battery hasn't died, I bet it will still work, but I need to find a computer with a serial port to connect the dock.
 
ooh I had one of those US Robotics/Palm Pilot 5000 and a Palm Treo 650 and I think a Palm III
of course the only thing I can find is the Palm One carry case which has been behind the desk for a very long time ...
I kept those Palms in that Franklin Planner book binder calendar thing that many people used back then.
 

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Ooooh. I didn't think to check my old Franklin Planner. I did have a pocket for the Palm there. Maybe it's in the same box that I can't find.
 
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The oldest mac is this one collecting dust on a shelf. It looks too good to throw away.
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iMac G4. The lamp G4! I don't remember ever setting these up for anybody, so I was probably working at one of the few non-Mac companies I worked at.

I find most Macs to be very pretty. The Quadras and IIs being the exceptions ... but they were generally pretty easy to open up and work on. Starting about 5 or so years ago, the iMacs started using a laminated glass panel over their display, rather than a sheet of glass held on by magnets. I think that was a really bad move on Apple's part.
 
I should also mention a couple ancient machines I found in my previous job at the same company I work for: several old tablets that required a graphics pen and, if I remember the model right, a Toshiba Libretto. The libretto had maybe a 5" color screen and you could dock it to use a monitor with it. I found an ancient PCMCIA network card for it and used it to test network ports. The dongle for the network card would flash if the port was good.
 
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