Tech issues resolved, well sort of…
I’m using a PowerBook 2400c/180. I got to messing around in its System Folder [system resources for the computer>, and I found one little extension that wasn’t loaded, so I tried that, slipping in the cheap Ethernet card, trying one last time to get the cable modem to come up. No luck.
While I was digging around that hard drive, though, I did stumble across an important piece of software, a very old e-mail program. I’m not back on a backbone connection, and I’m limping around the net at a very slow dial-up speed. That’s the downside. But I’ve quickly adapted to working with a simple text editor again, brushing up my skills on a micro keyboard and generally making the best of a backup situation.
The real hardware got launched, courtesy of that sweet Pisces and “last call” dash to the airport, back in its Apple crate. I always look for the best in humanity, but I’m not really expecting that Apple will bounce that hardware back to me in five business days – not that it matters, though.
I was a bemoaning my current digital state to a buddy, and he allowed as how it was a lot like “napping flint” to work on this machine. Pretty nice analogy. Yes, I’m stuck in the stone age for a spell. I suppose, though, that it’s a little better than banging two rocks together to make binary.
