My stratagy is to dump in in a cart and wander around thinking.
I have found many useful things at thrift stores.
Missed out on an Atari game emulator. Put it down turned the corner, went back
and it was gone.
Cheers,
Alan
CS> Re: Re: Battle of Britian: Th By: Joacim Melin to Charles Stephenson
CS> on Wed Oct 30 2019 08:13 am
CS>>> I randomly go to thrift stores. I've ran into 2 iMacs, both didn't have
CS>>> the keyboards. I thought about getting one and seeing if I could find
CS>>> a keyboard on eBay or someplace. I still might go get it! The one has
CS>>> been sitting for awhile...
JM>> You can use any USB keyboard and mouse with Mac OS X / Macos, regardless
JM>> if it was made for a PC or a Mac. Some keys will need re-mapping in
JM>> software (easy to do in the system configuration) though.
CS> I ended up thinking about that computer for a WEEK, debating if I should
CS> buy it or not. after 2 weeks of pussy-footing around I went back to that
CS> store happy and confident it would still be there and I'd finally have
CS> one of my dream computers only to be disappointed!
CS> I asked a store clerk about it, she said it was sold like 3 days before I
CS> got there, I wanted to kick myself in the balls. :(
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