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   Message 29,766 of 29,919   
   Doug Laidlaw to Bobbie Sellers   
   Re: Forking around with PCLinux OS previ   
   27 Sep 16 16:07:01   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   Bobbie Sellers  Wrote in message:   
   >>   
   >> I read that the very first Mac was a  PC as we understand it,   
   >> shipped as a kit in a crate.   
   >   
   > 	Not as far as I know but the original Apple computer   
   > was sold in just that way as were many other home computers   
   > of the day.  These were quite different and used switches   
   > to enter programs and binary lights to give results,  I   
   > never used one but I used binary to read radiation counter   
   > in the lab.  The Apple kit was more advanced with an actual   
   > keyboard as far as I know.   
   >   
   >   
   > SNIP   
   >   
   > 	bliss   
   >   
   > --   
   > bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com   
   >   
      
   I have just reinstalled PCL2016.06 using the same UEFI   
   partition as Mageia.  Installation was straightforward.  My   
   download is of the MATE desktop.  I can't recall why I took   
   it off before -- probably to make space for something else.   
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