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| 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> |
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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