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Tim Cooke wrote:You have a similar hardware set to the one I have just now. Just to be sure I have it right, you have:
- 1 clunky old desktop machine that a bit too tired for normal use
- 1 reasonably decent Mac
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:but the iMac is a new world to me (albeit with that amazing screen), and I don't really know where to go to get software like Eclipse without paying for it.
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Tim Cooke wrote:As far as software goes, Joe is right, you can get anything you need. Eclipse is available, as is IntelliJ. A few "what's the Mac equivalent of x, y, and z software?" questions in the Mac OS forum will have you up and running in no time at all.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Little update: Just bought a WD 2Tb portable drive for less than my old Iomega 500 (smaller, too; although it doesn't feel as robust). At these prices I can afford to buy two and "mirror" the darn things. Sheesh, I'm feeling old.
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J. Kevin Robbins wrote:I had systems with 10 meg and 20 meg drives before that, but the 40 meg was considered a monster for it's time. You just knew you'd never run out of drive space with that thing.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Having been in the biz since 1976, I might be able to top that - I had an original IBM 64 (64Mb of RAM, you understand) as my first "desktop". Only companies could afford them in those days. Hardly ever used it, because there wasn't that much you could do on it...
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." -- Ted Nelson
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:..until I eventually upgraded to EGA graphics and a 80286 processor so I could play Leisure Suit Larry. Then I discovered Bulletin Boards and Fidonet, but that's another story.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Hey, I still reckon 'adventure' was the best game I ever played.
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