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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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unused, but there isn't a day that goes by when I don't switch on my
trusty Color Computer 3 (CoCo3) at least once. I've used it on the internet
for years (if people only knew!), modeming at 19,200 baud on a computer made
in an age when most people didn't even have 300 baud modems. I can do just
about anything today's 200Mhz Pentium computers can do on a 1.78Mhz (that's
right... 1.78Mhz!) 8-bit Motorola 6809-based machine that sold for as low as
$29 when discontinued. I realize few people will believe this, but it's
true. Believe it! That's why so many of us stuck with these great little
machines. If it wasn't true, I'd be using my laptop, and shoving the CoCo3
in the closet. Instead, people are STILL writing new software for the
thing, and like always, I'm typing this entire narrative on my CoCo3!
Well over the years, the internet has helped die-hard CoCo users from all
over the world keep in touch. One of them living in Australia, upon hearing
that I'd be visiting nearby, invited me to come visit and stay with him and
his family. So, I flew into Brisbane and met Bob D. and his wife at the
airport. The Brisbane airport has an interesting exhibit -- the actual
plane used to fly the first Australia -> USA flight is on display there.
After stopping off to pick up the daughter (who was on break from high
school, and had won a free pass on the radio to see "Romeo + Juliet"), we
headed to the local mall cinema to drop her off. Then, we went to the Lone
Pine Sanctuary.
The sanctuary has plenty of Australian wildlife, including koalas and
kangaroos. It was pretty hot, so the kangaroos were hanging out in the
shade under the trees. Much the way the deers act at a Japanese deer park,
you could buy kangaroo feed, and if you stretched your hand out, and the
kangaroos ...

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