Outmoded computing
18 February 2005 @ 17:20 in Life
I recently bought an old
LCII complete with 12in RGB monitor from eBay for
the ridiculous price of £5.50. This old Apple
computer was the first I ever saw, and I vowed there
and then that I'd own one one day.
I've been mucking about with it over the last few days, and have been impressed at how little it has aged. It's both aesthetically attractive and surprisingly competent. I added an Ethernet card, and it's now both accessible over our network, and can access the Internet. Since I'm using Internet Explorer 2.1, many modern sites don't display properly. But you can still, for example, use the BBC's 'text-only' news page:
I've been mucking about with it over the last few days, and have been impressed at how little it has aged. It's both aesthetically attractive and surprisingly competent. I added an Ethernet card, and it's now both accessible over our network, and can access the Internet. Since I'm using Internet Explorer 2.1, many modern sites don't display properly. But you can still, for example, use the BBC's 'text-only' news page:
