On Dec 15, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Tom Howe wrote:
Hello:
I'm looking for a large clock program that will fill the compact
mac screen. This should run under System 6, and ideally will have
clock digits about 2 inches high. It would also be nice to have the
display float around a bit to
On Dec 13, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Sean Billings wrote:
You don't say where you are, I may be able to make you a cable for the
costs of parts and postage but I'm in the UK.
and if you're in the US, I saw a real Apple one last week at the
university surplus sale in the $1 bin. I can grab it for
Well, I sold two to folks that contacted me on Monday. Sorry.
-Dylan
On Oct 30, 2005, at 10:46 PM, Nat Hall wrote:
Speaking of weird things that came with old macs - anyone need an old
1mb MacSnap upgrade board for 512k/128k Macs? I ended up with two and
can't see a need for more than one
On Oct 30, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Stuart Bell wrote:
On 30 Oct 2005, at 05:52, Mike Bybee wrote:
Actually, if it could be fixed, or if there was a way to get
hold of the 800k version of System 5 or 6 that would be of
interest as well.
Where are you in the world? I'm sure someone could
On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Scott Baret wrote:
One of the Classics has some kind of video output port
on it. It went to a projector at one time. No idea
what happened to the projector but I think a co-worker
donated it to charity. If anyone else has seen one of
these let me know...
snip
It
On Sep 24, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Mycroft wrote:
Unofficially, you can run 8.1 on it, by installing it with a
program called Born Again.
I have looked for that program from time to time, but have never
been able to find it. Where is it these days?
On Sep 8, 2005, at 7:06 AM, Luke Ross wrote:
I bought the Plus to look cool in my living room (which is why it's a
Plus - no fans and the iconic design), so I'm going to try and get an
original Apple mouse to finish it off.
And now for something completely different: what programs are best
If you're tossing it, I wouldn't mind the Analogue board.
What would you want for it?
-Dylan
On Sep 5, 2005, at 1:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Several years ago, while fiddling about inside my oldest Mac Plus,
I broke the
tiny glass teat off the back of the vacuum tube, and all the air
On Aug 16, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Jake Norcross wrote:
...still, riotous crowds for 2001 iBooks (the
clamshell kind? I want one of those) is pretty cool.
No, the first 500mhz white iBooks
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On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:20 AM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for some more information on Macintosh Guided Tour
disk. I would love to document this for posterity on my GUIdebook
Graphical User Interface gallery (www.aresluna.org/guidebook) and
I'd be very grateful for any help I
On Jul 28, 2005, at 7:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you do if none of the systems you own has a modern
enough operating
system to run MacTracker?
You upgrade.
- Dylan
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On Jul 28, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Dr.O.M.Betz wrote:
Do we really need so much redundant information on the web?
MacTracker carries them all, and if you want to add some personal
comments for yourself, you can do it under the resources tab.
I especially like the iPod version as it allows me
On Jul 26, 2005, at 5:53 AM, Stuart Bell wrote:
We now know quite a lot about 'Mac ED's and 'Mac Plus ED's - as per
my post of a couple of weeks ago, They were produced by Apple to
sell into the education market at discounted prices, while
protecting the price of the 512ke or Plus on
On Jul 26, 2005, at 7:19 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote:
How about branding? That's the best description I can come up with.
Like they used a hot iron to melt into the plastic. I'll take a
picture today, but I have a Mac Plus that's been branded on the
side with AUC and the bicycle logo
On May 30, 2005, at 6:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anybody got a 128k made before February 7th 1984?
Is there a link to deciphering the serial to find manufacture date?
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On May 12, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Mike wrote:
No I don't think it is the 19 part download, there appears to be
two big (.tome?) files that have all the content in them ?!
I've always mounted all 19 images from a CD, then done the install.
That's always worked fine for me.
-Dylan
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On Mar 24, 2005, at 2:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there any reason why I should stop worrying and love the bomb?
Oh, yes, there's plenty of reasons. But, as I'm beginning to see,
Classic Mac OS curmudgeons are nearly worse than Windows zombies.
There'll be no convincing you no matter
Try here for Stuffit:
ftp://ftp.allume.com/archive/mac/Stuffit_Expander/
There's all sorts of old versions. Lots of other older Alladin/Allume
software also.
-Dylan
On Mar 2, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Thiebaud Rusterhol wrote:
Hello everybody !
I recently found a mac+ and a mac classic and my bigest
I picked up a Mac Plus this weekend. It's kind of weird in that there's
no production info on the back and it has a heat=stamped bicycle logo
on the side saying:
AUC
NUS/NTI
EDUCATION USE ONLY NOT FOR RESALE
Anyone have more info about this for me?
Thanks!
-Dylan
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Not affiliated with these guys in any way, but they're offering up
SE/30's, Classics and Classic II's for the price of ground shipping.
http://www.welovemacs.com/se30.html
Thought I'd pass it on.
-Dylan
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No, I even called to be sure. They will ship them. You only pay for
shipping.
-Dylan
On Feb 25, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Joseph Welling wrote:
I think you misread their offer. It says for local pickup only.
They're in Santa Clara, CA 95051.
Joe
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It was $17 from Santa Clara, CA to Corvallis, OR. $17 for 20lbs.
-Dylan
On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
Quoting Dylan:
No, I even called to be sure. They will ship them. You only pay for
shipping.
Based on the $37.08 that I saw when I got most of the way through
the
I can write a couple of 400k system disks for you, if you don't mind
copies.
-Dylan
On Feb 20, 2005, at 6:45 PM, Dave Huseby wrote:
I'm looking for a few bits for a 512K that I just inherited:
- System 3.3/Finder 5.4 400K system disks. I'll take any system disks
older than the 3.3 ones
Yeah, that threw me for a loop too. And I thought a mini would be cool
to place in a compact mac also (and easy to keep the mini intact), but
the price of a small (sub-10) LCD screen is horrendous. I did find
some computer-to-LCD-to-projector pieces at surplus for $20 each. I was
tempted
I have a classic II running 7.5.5 and it does just what you're asking
for.
-Dylan
On Jan 22, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Sean Billings wrote:
The Classic II's power supply itself is not capable of being turned on
and off through software. It only responds to the hard-wired switch
on
the back, to my
For what it's worth, I have all the same problems on my Classic II.
I've tried a different analogue board, but it's all the same. Sometimes
when I get the checkerboard or lines, I can get it to boot right by
flicking the power a couple of times. Other times, I have to pop the
case, pull
That is *exactly* the app I'm looking for. I was just talking with my
father and he said that he remembered using Fastback to make these
backups. He also said the diskette had a black cat on the label. Sounds
like a match.
That'd be really great if I could get a image from you at some point.
Hey, I'm up for trying anything at this point! So, yeah, if you want to
email it, that'd be really great, Saul.
Thanks!
-Dylan
On Dec 16, 2004, at 1:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a copy of Norton Fastback v. 3.2 (part of Norton Utilities
3.5). When
I tried to run it on this OS 9.1
Maybe someone here can help with this riddle. I recently was given a
backup archive of some directory I had on my old family Mac Plus HDD.
It's spanned across 6 diskettes. When I put the disks in my Classic II,
no files show in the finder, but it shows about 2k free on each. One of
the disks
Hi all,
I'm a newb on the list. I've been one of those damned switchers for
over a year now and been amassing quite a collection of macs, but
they're all new world. All are running OS X and I've found it to be a
wonderful OS. I've nearly ditched Windows altogether and currently have
a 1.25ghz
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