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[AutisticTechie]

Hello there, I'm Jacob, a person who's on the Autism Spectrum, and a person who likes to play around with computers from time to time, but mostly I use WIndows or Linux.

My first taste in Macintosh computers was about a month before I started middle school. I would later go to that same middle school for the sixth grade, and then I would really get a feel for how a Mac and its apps worked.

I went through at least three Macintosh machines (one 68K PowerBook, two PPC iBooks) in my closing years of high school. The 68K broke, the two PPCs died. I'm not gonna bother you with the details.

Later, I wound up getting a PowerMac G3 tower, but that one had a few problems freezing after I installed OSX. It wound up going to my brother, and that's the last I heard of that one.

A couple years later, I got a PowerMac G4 tower from someone I wound up meeting in my neighborhood. That's the one I'm using to send this. I've managed to dual-boot OS9 and OSX Tiger, and get a few applications as well. Personally, I have physical media of a select few games that work on PPC Macs.

Here's some specs of my current Mac:
933 MHz PowerPC G4
1 GB memory
80 GB system storage
DVD/CD reader/writer
Iomega ZIP drive built-in
nVidia GeForce 4 MX w/64 MB video memory
Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger installed (dual-boot configuration, favor OS 9)
Apple Studio Display (1280x1024 video monitor)
Currently using Logitech wireless trackball and keyboard on system.

Omochao moment*: If you decide to use a Windows keyboard on a Mac, you use the Windows key as Command, and you use Alt as Option. So, to bring up a Force Quit box, you would use Windows-Alt-Escape.

* An Omochao moment is where I put out information that I believe could be useful, but many people might already know. I named the term after the robotic chao from the Sonic games.

All that aside...I hope to make some friends here.

[Knezzen]

Welcome to Mac OS 9 Lives!

[Bolkonskij]

Welcome Jacob!

I hope you'll be able to dig deep into Mac OS and find it as fascinating as we do. I'm discovering new functions & secrets even after 30+ years of usage (and it's the only OS that I "feel home" --- seeing the desktop after booting the Mac always puts a smile on my face) :-)

[smilesdavis]

welcome!!! i really dig your precise writing style and your creativity with new words!