html in e-mail / NeXT stuff from Captain Napalm on 1998-09-26 (1998-September)

From: Captain Napalm <spc_at_armigeron.com>
Date: Sat Sep 26 23:04:37 1998

I hate doing this, but I hate getting this type of mail even more. THIS
is how some of us get these messages from certain software made from a
company out in Redmond, Washington. There are options to TURN THIS OFF, but
unfortunately, you have to dig for it (from what I understand).

-spc (Who thinks MIME is evil to begin with ... )

It was thus said that the Great John R. Keys, Jr. once stated:
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01BDE946.1FB85AC0
> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> If you every see another cube for that price let me know I'd love to have a
> first generation for my collection. John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Thomas Pfaff
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 1998 10:06 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: html in e-mail / NeXT stuff
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Yep I agree. HTML is annoying even on platforms that support it as an
> internal functionality.
> It _really_ doesn't make much sense in a group that discusses 10 year
> old and older computer junk.
>
> Hey did anyone see that somebody bid $425 on a NeXT cube on eBay? YOW!
> Unbelievable. I wish I had that much cash to just throw around... tho' I
> think I'd find a charitable
> organization instead of someone on eBay to give it to if I did!
>
> I bought a first-generation cube alone for $75 two weeks ago. I tho't
> that was a pretty fair price. I still have to buy a monitor ($100 or less
> locally) for it. A mouse, keyboard and long power cable cost me $70 and are
> in the mail. Looks like less than $250 total or less after everything is
> properly assembled.
>
> Since I have a printer lying around for it it'll make a fair
> print-server (I've used them before for this) for my Win '95, MacOSX Server
> and other OSes I have around. I can also add a second CPU (040-25) board
> internally for another $150 (with RAM) and have two machines running in it.
>
> One neat thing about having two boards in one machine is that you can
> have two docks on one monitor, one for each machine.
>
> Well it's fun anyway. I'd wanted a first generation cube ever since I
> had to sell my original four or five years ago. It seems neater than any of
> my other obsolete hardware [far older stuff] for some reason.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01BDE946.1FB85AC0
> Content-Type: text/html;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
>
> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
> http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <DIV> size=3D2>If you=20
> every see another cube for that price let me know I'd love to have a =
> first=20
> generation for my collection.  John</DIV>
> <BLOCKQUOTE=20
> style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
> 5px">
> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader> size=3D2>-----Original Message----- From:=20
> CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu=20
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Thomas =
>
> Pfaff Sent: Saturday, September 26, 1998 10:06 =
> PM To:=20
> Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: =
> html in=20
> e-mail / NeXT stuff </DIV>Hi, Yep I agree. HTML =
> is=20
> annoying even on platforms that support it as an internal=20
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> I wish=20
> I had that much cash to just throw around... tho' I think I'd find a =
>
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> if I=20
> did! I bought a first-generation cube alone for $75 two weeks =
> ago. I=20
> tho't that was a pretty fair price. I still have to buy a monitor =
> ($100 or=20
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> $70 and=20
> are in the mail. Looks like less than $250 total or less after =
> everything is=20
> properly assembled. Since I have a printer lying around for =
> it it'll=20
> make a fair print-server (I've used them before for this) for my Win =
> '95,=20
> MacOSX Server and other OSes I have around. I can also add a =
> second=20
> CPU (040-25) board internally for another $150 (with RAM) and have =
> two=20
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> boards in one=20
> machine is that you can have two docks on one monitor, one for each=20
> machine. Well it's fun anyway. I'd wanted a first generation =
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> ever since I had to sell my original four or five years ago. It =
> seems neater=20
> than any of my other obsolete hardware [far older stuff] for some=20
> reason. Thomas </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
>
> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01BDE946.1FB85AC0--
>
Received on Sat Sep 26 1998 - 23:04:37 BST

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