Re: [NTLK] Newt Stolen; Looking for advice on a replacement.

From: Gérard Evrard (gerard.evrard_at_free.fr)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 04:07:10 EDT


>> Well, to make a joke, looks like the thief was a computer conniasseur
>
> :), or
>
>> thought he could get more money for a "Mac".
>
>
> Or completely stupid. My friend had his Mac Plus (yes, one meg of RAM)
> stolen in 1999. I don't think you can buy much crack for one of those,
> although it was a huge loss to my friend who did not have a backup of
> the 50 meg hard drive. The thieves also stole his Atari Jaguar and a
> bunch of Jag games. Hmm. Were these guys geeks gone bad or just plain
> dumbasses?
>
> Very sorry about the Newton theft. At least you did have a good backup,
> so it could be much worse.

Oh yes dumbasses. My house receives unwanted attention several years ago
and these guys took a QuickTake 100. What can they do with it without
the cable and software ??? BS.

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