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Douglas Adams's Mac IIfx


blech:

Douglas Adams's Mac IIfx


posted on 2004/03/23 09:37

 

via lmg, and interesting in that 'I have lots of crap old Macs that I should get rid of' way.


 

The Mac IIfx was always tempting to me as a tinkerer because of its six Nubus slots. I figured you could get old video cards and monitors for nothing if you looked hard enough, and system software back to at least System 7.5 has done multiple (not just dual) heading.


 

Six monitors off one (admittedly old) machine sounded like a nice thing to try.


 

Thankfully I came to my senses.


 

From the original article: ' I recovered hundreds of documents relating to Jane Belson's professional work and precisely two that bear the hand of Douglas Adams.'


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