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Re: ClassicBot

From Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: ClassicBot
Date 2020-05-16 13:41 +0000
Message-ID <hia8rkF795vU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <0001HW.246FE76700189CEF7000019C738F@news.individual.net> <hia1ilF795vU3@mid.individual.net> <0001HW.247022E000268D667000019C738F@news.individual.net>

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On 16 May 2020 at 14:32:16 BST, Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> wrote:

> On 16 May 2020, Tim Streater wrote
> (in article <hia1ilF795vU3@mid.individual.net>):
> 
>> On 16 May 2020 at 10:18:31 BST, Ian McCall<ian@eruvia.org>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Call me sad, but I quite like these. Came across them on an RSS feed this
>>> week:
>>> <https://classicbot.com/store/>
>> 
>> Errm, what do these things actually *do* ? Are they just sculptures or d'ye
>> put a battery in them and they go "Hello World!" or something.
> 
> Ornaments. Kind of thing you put on a shelf or near your machine. Nothing 
> more than that - no function, but I think they look cool and the detail is 
> extraordinary. Take a look at the back of them - all the ports are there. On 
> their G3 iMac one, even the USB fold-down flap is there with the 
> keyboard/mouse and ethernet cable ports.

Ah, a kind of Dinky Toy, then.

I had a Hawker Hunter, a Centurion Tank, and a piece of field artillery that
could fire matchsticks.

-- 
Tim

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ClassicBot Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-05-16 10:18 +0100
  Re: ClassicBot Alan B <alanrichardbarker@nospamgmail.com.here> - 2020-05-16 09:26 +0000
    Re: ClassicBot Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-05-16 10:41 +0100
      Re: ClassicBot Alan B <alanrichardbarker@nospamgmail.com.here> - 2020-05-16 10:57 +0000
  Re: ClassicBot Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-05-16 11:36 +0000
    Re: ClassicBot Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-05-16 14:32 +0100
      Re: ClassicBot Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-05-16 13:41 +0000
        Re: ClassicBot Alan B <alanrichardbarker@nospamgmail.com.here> - 2020-05-16 14:03 +0000
  Re: ClassicBot Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-07-23 12:10 +0100
    Re: ClassicBot Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-23 12:21 +0000

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