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 === me: I'm Chris, AKA Ferg, AKA Fergycool === === me: I'm Chris, AKA Ferg, AKA Fergycool ===
  
-I've bounced between using Linux, MACS, OpenVMS, and OS/2 all my working life. After a very early career in printing I went back to university and Molecular Biology, which strayed near bioinformatics and now just marketing for a small scientific Mac software company.+I've bounced between using Linux, Macs, OpenVMS, and OS/2 all my working life. After a very early career in printing I went back to university and Molecular Biology, which strayed near bioinformatics and now just marketing for a small scientific Mac software company.
  
 I'm late to collecting vintage Macs with Mac OS! Although I've been using MacOS9/OSX onwards for work it was only many, many years ago back at university that I used a variety of "classic Macs. So my discovery of Marchintosh and GlobalTalk was exciting. Unfortunately this was all motivated by a major clearout of some old Macs, including my beloved G4 MDD! Which I immediately regretted but then got a G4 Mac Mini to run Mac OS9 and that's where it started all over again!  I'm late to collecting vintage Macs with Mac OS! Although I've been using MacOS9/OSX onwards for work it was only many, many years ago back at university that I used a variety of "classic Macs. So my discovery of Marchintosh and GlobalTalk was exciting. Unfortunately this was all motivated by a major clearout of some old Macs, including my beloved G4 MDD! Which I immediately regretted but then got a G4 Mac Mini to run Mac OS9 and that's where it started all over again! 
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 +I got involved at the tail end of Marchintosh 2024, but once I got Globaltalk working I've kept my zone online more or less since then. I'm not a skilled developer and the ingenuity and imagination of others on Globaltalk continues to astound me. But what I am good at is being a jack of all trades :-)  My lack of focus really makes me bounce around projects, never finishing them! I've learnt to accept this and for once this retro Mac hobby really fits in nicely.
  
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 == thearmed == == thearmed ==
-An SE/30 running 7.5.3 with a reloaded board from Caymac Vintage (a thing of beauty). I bought this very cheap from a local guy. It had been very badly battery bombed. I started removing components and cleaning but on the advice of many even if I had the skills the board was probably beyond salvage. My skills are not enough for a reloaded board myself so I used Will's service. What a great guy!+An SE/30 running 7.5.3 with a reloaded board from Caymac Vintage (a thing of beauty). I bought this very cheap from a local guy. It had been very badly battery bombed. I started removing components and cleaning but after a few months and on the advice of many even if I had the skills the board was probably beyond salvage. My skills are not enough for a reloaded board myself so I used Will's service. What a great guy!
  
 == superfurryanimals == == superfurryanimals ==
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 An Imagewriter II with Polpo's ImageScrobbler Localtalk option card! An Imagewriter II with Polpo's ImageScrobbler Localtalk option card!
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 +...and here's Fizz on a tree stump.
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 +{{:fizzonalog.jpeg?400|}}
  
 === Contact details === === Contact details ===
 @fergycool@mastodon.social @fergycool@mastodon.social
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 https://scotgate.org https://scotgate.org
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 scotgate.globaltalk.wiki scotgate.globaltalk.wiki
  
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