Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Bob Maar: status???

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 11-07-2009, 03:19 PM:

I have not noticed any Bob Maar posts lately. Is he OK? Louis

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-07-2009, 04:11 PM:

He is having computer problems. Phil Hill just spoke to him a couple of days ago to check up on him.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-07-2009, 04:25 PM:

I usually yak with Bob on the phone a couple times a month.

Yes, Bob is alive and doing OK...I yakked wit' him a week ago. He's had bigtime computer problems. I talked with his wife yesterday and she said Bob was out on an errand and she thinks he got his computer fixed last week.

Hopefully that old buzzard will be back on FT soon.

Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 11-07-2009, 05:27 PM:

Glad to hear he is okay. I was wondering why he had not posted in a while.

Phil, got your voice mail yet lost your number. E-mail me.

Clint

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-07-2009, 05:55 PM:

Wonder if Bob has a PC or a Mac?

Posted by Paul J. Neuhaus (Member # 3205) on 11-10-2009, 11:05 AM:

Wow Mike... Didn't know who was going to say it first!
Could have seen that coming [Razz]

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-10-2009, 11:49 AM:

quote: Mike Blakesley
Wonder if Bob has a PC or a Mac?

Probably Linux. [Razz]

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-10-2009, 03:29 PM:

I imagine his computer is from before 1984, so probably neither, Mike! [Smile]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-10-2009, 03:39 PM:

I think he said his computer was an Atari 400... [Wink]

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 11-10-2009, 04:01 PM:

Actually, here it is:

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 11-10-2009, 04:22 PM:

He upgraded to the C64 from this.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-10-2009, 04:43 PM:

Bob just now called me and said he and his wife are at a convention in Chicago and due home this next Monday.

(Sorta reminds me of the Laurel and Hardy film - "Sons of the Desert")

He STILL hasn't got his computer fixed...I'm thinking of sending one of my old working ones that I no longer use... HA!

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 11-10-2009, 07:09 PM:

Phil...."Honolulu Baby....where did you get those eyes" [Razz]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 11-10-2009, 11:17 PM:

I have a beige G3 tower that needs a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

It might also need a modern OS to surf the web though...don't think Firefox will even run on the classic OS.

AJG

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-11-2009, 03:21 AM:

It won't even run on 10.3, not the current Firefox, anyway.

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 11-11-2009, 09:45 AM:

Just because it won't run the current OSX doesn't mean it won't run the current firefox. I don't see why you couldn't install the newest firefox on an older OSX. Heck, you could install a linux distro on it and install firefox till your heart's content. [Smile]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 11-11-2009, 02:45 PM:

According to the research I did, only Firefox 1.0 or less will run on anything 10.3 or Classic.

So, I could probably browse some sites but not a lot.

AJG

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-11-2009, 03:31 PM:

Chris, the current Firefox refuses to install on anything less than 10.4.0.