The 9500 stayed in my trunk for a long time, and then it just sat on the floor while I got my new apartment in order. I purchased it without even thinking because I finally wanted to run Mac OS X Server.* I have yet to get it running on my Power Mac G4 or PowerBook 2000 (a story for another time), but I knew that it would run on a stock 9500. The only thing it had in it was a 132 MHz 604e, and it cost $150. In a far off corner I found the used Macs, and long story short they had a stripped down Power Mac 9500. To be perfectly honest, I don’t know which was more odd – seeing a computer store in a small town in Texas or the fact that it was an Apple store.īefore embarking on my next ten-hour drive, I stopped at the store the next morning and found the usual crop of Apple’s (then) current product line. Bars normally tell me exactly what a small town is all about because when people get drunk they like to tell the truth a lot.ĭuring the course of that evening, I happened to pass by a computer store that just happened to be an Apple retailer. Since I am always curious about small-town life, I promptly showered and got ready to go to the local bar.

While the Bible Belt is not my lifestyle of choice, I have always been fascinated by it.Īfter putting in my ten hours a day of driving, I decided to stop in some small town in Texas.

Soon after my previous article, I purchased a car and drove cross-country to California via the Bible Belt. 2000: It is amazing how time flies when you move from New York to California.

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