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| 1349.1 | MacValleyGirl Font Eats Tucson, Film @ 11, y'know? | JAWS::COTE | Aliens ate my Buick... | Tue May 03 1988 20:50 | 9 |
| Oooooh, MacWrite is like, you know, awesome!
It's like, you know, you've like only yourself to blame, you know?
Like, you should, you know, buy them their *own* 512K mac. One
without like the McValleyGirl font...
Like Edd, you know?
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| 1349.2 | Finish your dinner and get ready for bed | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The height of MIDIocrity | Tue May 03 1988 21:13 | 4 |
| Isn't that what bedtimes are for? I mean, you send the kids to bed so
you can regain control of the PC.
db
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| 1349.3 | ALERT!!! DON'T BUY ANY GAMES!!!! | IOENG::JWILLIAMS | Zeitgeist Zoology | Tue May 03 1988 22:11 | 3 |
| Another computer widower, eh? You'll never see them again.
John.
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| 1349.4 | At least don't make one more mistake... | HARDY::JKMARTIN | Me? I'm just a lawn mower... | Tue May 03 1988 23:19 | 8 |
| Until recently, I made the ultimate mistake of actually setting up my
Atari 1040ST right *on* my keyboard rack.
So not only did the kids take over with video-spectacular games, they
took over my bench, drum throne, and sequencer. I mean, I can't even
use my *equipment* when they took over my pc.
...jay
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| 1349.5 | Modem junkies | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The height of MIDIocrity | Wed May 04 1988 13:16 | 7 |
| It could be worse. If they ever start dialing into systems you'll
also lose your phone.
I have a friend I don't even bother trying to call cause his wife is
perpetually dialed in.
db
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| 1349.6 | Real MIDIots buy more equipment | PAULJ::HARRIMAN | That's me | Wed May 04 1988 13:30 | 16 |
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Another reason to have a studio separate from the house. ;^)
Seriously; my wife and I had a rather long discussion about this
very subject, since we already had a PC clone with lots of memory,
CPU, disks, etc. but no MPU interface or anything. Since my studio
*isn't* attached to the house (condo living, you know how it is),
I didn't want to steal the PC and haul a stupid metal box all over
creation. So I bought an ST specifically for the studio. When we
move into a house next year, I will be building a new studio off
the back of the house anyway (it's part of the plans)...but the
computer will still be separate.
/pjh_whose_den_looks_like_comm_central_with_the_DEC_issue_VT_+_the_clone_
+_another_computer_too!
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| 1349.7 | mount it where they can't get to it ... | MIZZOU::SHERMAN | Baron of Graymatter | Wed May 04 1988 13:41 | 10 |
| Hey, maybe you could invest $100 in a used hardware sequencer to get you
by during the sparse moments? I'm lucky. My wife usually just
wants me to get off the computer, sit with her on the couch and
rub her feet. My little boy, on the other hand, likes to play with
my toys. Now that I've mounted my stuff on a 3-high stand, he has
a little difficulty getting into my stuff 'cause he's just a wee
little guy ... heh, heh! That'll teach him to go throwing my QD's
around!
Steve_the_happy_owner_of_a_QX5
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| 1349.8 | | NYMPH::ZACHWIEJA | Only 163 days left | Wed May 04 1988 14:21 | 2 |
|
hey, db, is that who I think it is ? _sjz
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| 1349.9 | MacGoofed | SUBSYS::ORIN | Tax Return = Money to Burn | Wed May 04 1988 14:35 | 5 |
| Whatever you do, don't mention Dark Castle (game)! Maybe you could buy
them a Nintendo and the Legend of Zelda game, and get them hooked on
some other adventure. A MacAttack can be hazardous to your studio!
dave
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| 1349.10 | Serves ya right, wimp-o.... | JAWS::COTE | Aliens ate my Buick... | Wed May 04 1988 14:57 | 9 |
| I thought about this overnight and came to the conclusion it really
is your own fault.
You never shoulda bought one of them 'point and grunt' computers.
*REAL* men don't use mice. *REAL* men don't do windows. If you had
been writing in assembly language on a *real* computer you never
would have had this happen.
Edd
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| 1349.11 | Ignorance is bliss, especially for those who aren't | DYO780::SCHAFER | Brad - DTN 433-2408 | Wed May 04 1988 15:19 | 13 |
| RE: .0
I've practically BEGGED my wife to start using the computer. She
won't. She hates them and thinks they're stupid. I used to find this
annoying. Maybe I'll reconsider now... (My kid is still young enough
that she minds what I tell her.)
RE: .10
So tell us, Eddie. Are you using a VTxxx on a VMS system or a Silent
700 tied to an IBM 1620? So there. Nyahhh. &*}
-b
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| 1349.12 | There's always a way... | CSC32::G_HOUSE | Greg House - CSC/CS | Wed May 04 1988 17:59 | 6 |
| re: .5
Hey, db, Perhaps you could just dial in and send mail to your friends
wife... -;)
gh
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| 1349.13 | Check Toys-R-Us | PASTA::PICKETT | David - Andante con Mojo | Wed May 04 1988 18:19 | 8 |
| Karl,
Sounds like it's time to start checking the Want Ads (or your local
version of them) I hear that Commodore 64s are going cheap these
days, and that there's lotsa sequencing software out there for them
8^)
dp
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| 1349.14 | Not even close | NYMPH::ZACHWIEJA | Only 163 days left | Wed May 04 1988 19:05 | 13 |
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re .10 -< Serves ya right, wimp-o.... >-
Quite frankly, the Macintosh blows away any interface that Digital
offers or will ever offer. I have both a GPX and Macintosh at home
and the MAC gets twice the use that the GPX gets, and were only
taliking SE.
The MAC II only makes the comparison that much more ridiculous, you
can even boot UNIX and X11 on the MAC II. Not a real computer ?
Think again.
_sjz.
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| 1349.15 | Where's my damn refund check? | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The height of MIDIocrity | Wed May 04 1988 20:31 | 16 |
| You guys have convinced me that I should keep using my ESQ-1 as my
sequencer and forget about getting a PC. No one will ever take
it away from me to play video games.
Actually, if I want a video interface I can get some software
for "my" Roland S-550 sampler (which I don't own yet) that
sorta turns it into a PC-like sequencer.
The more and more I read about the S-550 the more and more I'm
convinced that it's not REALLY a sampler, it's just a PC with
some hardware that makes sampling possible.
Now if they'd only get their act together and provide a SYSEX
dump utility for the damn thing.
db
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| 1349.16 | In defence of uVAX's | IOENG::JWILLIAMS | Zeitgeist Zoology | Wed May 04 1988 21:24 | 9 |
| Not really to get sucked down a vortex, but MAC's and VAX's are
two completely different animals. The VAX may seem slower, but
remember, it's doing a whole lot more. Granted, if it's wasting
time doing things you don't care about, then you'ld be silly to
buy one. The VAX has virtual memory, ast delivery, full multiuser
security, and the best damn debugger in the business. It is kind
of overkill for someone who wants to use MACwrite.
John.
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| 1349.17 | Juss spend more money.. | MENTOR::REG | May Be ('til June 1st) | Thu May 05 1988 16:18 | 8 |
| re .0 Sounds like an upgrade opportunity to me...
Either a Mac II for the studio, or later next year a 68030 based
multi user system running A/UX, 8 Mbytes should do it, but 16 would
be nice.
R
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| 1349.18 | | SALSA::MOELLER | Heavily TTTTTT influenced | Thu May 05 1988 18:12 | 15 |
| Gee. Thanks for all the support, esp. the it's-your-own-faults and
serves-ya-rights.. of COURSE it does ! It was stupid ! That's why
I'm warning you ! In order to have fulltime access to our studios
we ahve to promulgate the concept that computers are for technoids
only.
Re the ones that said 'send the kids to be early' and 'put it up
out of reach', these options are not available to me. I'm talking about
my wife and 22-year-old stepdaughter here. 'Scurry along now, Dad
wants to make music' just won't cut it. At least I put the Mac/printer
setup in the living room, so I can play music (if not record into
the Mac) in the studio. As for the suggestion I buy a Commodore,
uh, no thanks. I like Performer.
karl
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| 1349.19 | Multiprocessing! | HPSTEK::RHODES | | Fri May 06 1988 22:28 | 3 |
| Looks like it's time to get a MAC II Karl, 'eh?
Todd.
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