G4 cube (was Re: 68K Macs with MacOS 7.5 still in production use...)

On 13 September 2016 at 01:21, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: Heh. :-) It's rather odd. I have, or have had, a number of hobbies over the years, and most have been odd enough that I never knew anyone else into them. The closest I've ever come to popular pastimes were things like being into recumbent bicycles or motor trikes -- pretty niche activities. (Oh, and retrocomputing and you lot, natch.) But vintage mechanical keyboards are a thing of which I'm very fond. I specifically brought my cleanest IBM Model M with me when I moved countries, and later, when I bought this Mac mini, I went back to London and dug out an Apple Extended II and my ADB convertor. Now, though, vintage keyboard fancying is a big thing, and there are multiple websites devoted to it. For example, in re my current keyboard: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard http://lowendmac.com/2006/the-legendary-apple-extended-keyboard/ And there are compare-and-contrast pieces: https://www.wired.com/2008/05/a-tale-of-two-k/ For me, this feels positively mainstream. At both my office jobs over here in Czechia, people came over to see what I was typing on, to feel it and try it. It's most disconcerting. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) ? +420 702 829 053 (?R)