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A real Mac hero
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Started this discussion. Last reply by davekill Oct 21, 2012.

Apple QuickTime

Hi Guys,I've been working my way up through the old shows and wonder if you have talked about Quicktime yet? a couple of ideas - How it was developed and version changes.Turned the Mac into a…Continue

Started Jun 18, 2011

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davekill replied to Niles Mitchell's discussion Retro Macs get some modern press.
"Neat! :)"
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davekill replied to James's discussion Episode 284: RetroMacCast Live from VCF-SE 1.0
"Nicer detail. Not sure it's ASCII art, but defiantly printed on an early dot matrix printer. It looks like the one I had made at a photo booth for a few dollars around 1980"
Apr 22
davekill replied to James's discussion Episode 284: RetroMacCast Live from VCF-SE 1.0
"Good show guys! I had not heard the origin of the podcast story before, very cool :) Up till last year I also provided graphic support on an air base here in CA. Now I'm working prepress for a big paper. Seems I missed the last technical…"
Apr 21
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High Res - Jobs' Garage

"Thanks Paul, that's still a great picture! Who would have guessed that Jobs was a Trekkie?"
Apr 13
davekill commented on Lim Thye Chean's photo
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Apple Family 3

"Congratulations on your featured story. I like the layout, what a fun idea!"
Apr 9
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My First Computer

"Great detail in this kit. Did you use iMovie for the video?"
Apr 8
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Apple Pen

"That's a nice pen"
Feb 16
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Apple Pen

"Good catch, I was going to mention that ;)"
Feb 14
davekill replied to James's discussion Episode 275: iMacWorld Report
"Thanks for the link to the PBS American Experience documentary, Silicon Valley Chapter 1. This program explores Robert Noyce's achievements at Fairchild semiconductor and the forming of Intel but not much beyond. It was outstanding and I hope…"
Feb 10
davekill replied to Paolo Quiresi's discussion trouble,with G3 keyboard.
"For OS 10.4 it's in System Preferences / Personal settings - International / Input Menu tab, scroll down to your keyboard."
Jan 21
davekill commented on Oliver at myoldmac.net's video
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Woz unboxing his iPad

"What a cool guy Woz is... just happy to share the moment with his peeps."
Jan 19
davekill replied to Paolo Quiresi's discussion trouble,with G3 keyboard.
"Hello and welcome to you in Italy. That's an interesting keyboard layout...it looks like the 'W' and 'Z' keys have been switched. That will work... I have a G3 keyboard like yours that I just tried it on, but use a small…"
Jan 18
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Lisa MacWorks disks

"This is Mac software sold for the Lisa? This 'Picasso-Lisa' packaging art looks so familiar, I wonder what it would be like if the Mac were just the footnote in history and the Apple Lisa was the dominant computer? I'd have a…"
Jan 11
davekill replied to Classic Computing's discussion My Steve Jobs / Apple magazines
"That's a good read, Derek did a great job. - also from the 101 ways list... 13. Exploit every Wintel user's secret fear that some day they're going to be thrown into a black screen with a blinking C-prompt. Advertise the fact…"
Jan 11
davekill replied to Classic Computing's discussion My Steve Jobs / Apple magazines
"That's a great collection! I like the two Wired covers, I had both at one time too."
Jan 6
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Cushions1&2

"My guess is this numbers corresponded to the seats in a particular row, and that they were not numbered sequentially for every seat in the stadium.  Of the cushions I own, several of them still have these numbers and they are all in the low…"
Jan 6

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When did you get your first Mac?
1993, Classic II
How many Macs do you own?
currently 12
What's your favorite Mac of all time?
my daily driver, an '06 macpro "Woodcrest"- 8 gigs ram with nVidia Quadro FX 4500 graphics card
How did you hear about RetroMacCast?
Maccast

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At 11:36pm on June 14, 2011, davekill said…

Over the years I’ve collected and cared for dozens of macs until I run out of room or have to move - then I release them back into the wild (eBay, Craigslist or local thriftstore.)

The only macs I keep are laptops.

At 7:12am on June 18, 2011, James said…
Welcome to the website and thanks so much for the donation!

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