[Duo2400] farewell folks.

[Ralph Mawyer]

Chuck, as always...well said.  I may plagiarize your words when I 
sign-off....sometime in the future. ;-)

In any case, it's been wonderful and you've added tremendous value 
and balance to many discussions...and since mac2400 barely changes 
anymore, there's not much chance I'm going to take you off the Help 
page. ;-)

"So long, and thanks for all the fish"....


>OK, I think I've been on this list for almost 5 years (IIRC I 
>subscribed about a month after it started), but I just realized this 
>morning I haven't actually *read* it since early March. I haven't 
>used my 2400c's in over a year now since I moved to my Ti. The 
>infamous green 2400c is dismantled in my closet... awaiting some 
>time from me to resuscitate from it's last demise, the spare part 
>machine is in my desk drawer at work. I guess I'm not really a 2400 
>user anymore. I have too much mail to read as it is...
>
>So I guess it is time to say goodbye.
>
>
>I will say this list has always lived up to the tagline "The 
>friendliest place on the Net!"... I was here when that quote was 
>first uttered:
>
>At 21:25 -0800 3/16/99, Timothy Sales wrote:
>>Hey everybody,
>>
>>I just want to say that this is the friendliest place on the Net.
>
>...and in so many ways it is still true.
>
>I have met (or gotten to know better) some really cool folks here:
>
>* Eric the list mom.
>
>* Ralph & Ashish of course.
>The Mac2400 site convinced me to buy one
>
>* Sydney
>We *are* going to run One Lap someday, right Sydney?
>
>* Brandy
>Who never fails to entertain! If you ever get up to the Seattle area 
>let me know Brandy - we can take the E-type for a spin... you can 
>drive.
>
>* Woz
>Long gone from the list I think, but who graciously allowed me to 
>set up a meeting between himself and my then summer intern Tom Owad 
>of AppleFritter.com fame. Everyone should get the chance to meet one 
>of their heros.
>
>* Ivan Drucker
>Who posted the first 2400c take-apart instructions IIRC.
>
>* All the Mod'ers
>Especially Peter Liethen & Dr. Bob - without their encouragement and 
>examples the green 2400c would never have existed!
>
>* Of course all the folks whose precious PowerBooks they allowed me 
>to fix or modify for them. Two stand out in memory though and 
>deserve mention. Brian Kameoka, who I did some upgrades for, and who 
>presented me with the most unusual gift in exchange. And "RLF" who 
>turned me into a verb. =)
>
>I'm pretty sure that I will always retain the ability to 
>disassemble, repair, modify, paint, and upgrade 2400c's, so I'm 
>still willing to perform CPU, RAM, disk upgrades, as well as those 
>famous "goolsbeed" cooling copper heatsink mods. So Ralph, leave me 
>up on the Mac2400 site for that, OK?
>
>
>If *any* of you ever see me at a MacWorld Expo or whatever stop and 
>say "hi"... The "friendliest place" should extend to the real world 
>as well. =)
>
>See ya.
>
>--
>--chuck goolsbee
>geek wrangler,   digital.forest inc,   bothell, wa  <http://www.forest.net>
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Ralph Mawyer, Jr.
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