jd
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Hi all,
I'm a paramedic from Australia who collects Apple Computers (see my collection at http://jd.sjaa.com.au).
I got introduced to computers by my father back in the late '70s when he was a systems analyist. I took up with the Apple ][ in 1980 and worked on summer vacation as a programer with the University of Melbourne. A couple of my early programs can still be found on ground.
Since then I've changed career paths, but maintain my interest in computing. I still volunteer as network adminsitrator for the St John Ambulance Australia organisation here in Victoria. With a limited budget they now have a small Linux server farm with frame relay gateways into each local office.
At home, I found that after a few upgrades, I ended up with a small collection of machines and just got carried away from there.
I very much enjoy getting my collection up and running with original software of the day, and get a kick out of seeing how much the older machines can do.
My pride and joy is my Lisa (1). I found it as an upgraded Lisa 2 and managed to track down the Twiggy drives, Lisa 1 ROM, front panel and software. Unfortunately, the drives do not recognise known good LOS v1 disks. I was successful once, but the ProFile wasn't connected to be installed. Since then, no luck. I'm guessing the drives need recalibration. If anyone happens to know how to do this - please let me know!
I'd be happy to chat to anyone about the machines in my collection.
I'm a paramedic from Australia who collects Apple Computers (see my collection at http://jd.sjaa.com.au).
I got introduced to computers by my father back in the late '70s when he was a systems analyist. I took up with the Apple ][ in 1980 and worked on summer vacation as a programer with the University of Melbourne. A couple of my early programs can still be found on ground.
Since then I've changed career paths, but maintain my interest in computing. I still volunteer as network adminsitrator for the St John Ambulance Australia organisation here in Victoria. With a limited budget they now have a small Linux server farm with frame relay gateways into each local office.
At home, I found that after a few upgrades, I ended up with a small collection of machines and just got carried away from there.
I very much enjoy getting my collection up and running with original software of the day, and get a kick out of seeing how much the older machines can do.
My pride and joy is my Lisa (1). I found it as an upgraded Lisa 2 and managed to track down the Twiggy drives, Lisa 1 ROM, front panel and software. Unfortunately, the drives do not recognise known good LOS v1 disks. I was successful once, but the ProFile wasn't connected to be installed. Since then, no luck. I'm guessing the drives need recalibration. If anyone happens to know how to do this - please let me know!
I'd be happy to chat to anyone about the machines in my collection.