> That's right. If I spot a Mac SE FDHD with two drives, and I need a > drive to salvage a Mac Classic, the SE's out of here. The Classic is > a better looking machine. The SE's tend to have analog board > problems.
> LC's are ought the door, too, > Some ideas on what to do with too many LC IIs: > > Drive through Texas and go south of Tyler. A guy has a sign up at his > home that says, "Computer Monitors." Stop in and check his house out. > His garage is full and so is his house,livingroom, kitchen, bedrooms. > And they all work too. > > Dale I've had the delight of pressing nearly 52 SE's back into serviceable life in my short career as a Mac Restorer. a whopping 6 of them had an irreparable analog board problem. Just today I put one more into service geared toward the Senior Citizen as a first foray into computing. Using MacroMaker from 6.0.3 in a 6.0.8 OS, I set up the SE Tour to spring to life when the owner presses the "return" key. At the end of the tour, the window of the Tour is minimalized to a point that all they see is the word "<<Press" which spurs them to click the window closed so they can go on to explore the rest of the Mac. And the LC's? I like the school backpack idea. But even more, I like using my fully-loaded LC. Almost every conceivable CDEV and INIT it will do without crashing running System 6.0.8 is in it. Trying to hold them to modern computing uses is vain. My LC likes doing email. Won't do websurfing without a text-only browser. Don't care. I know its limitations and I hold it close for that very reason. Seen any 80286 PC's do email lately? Nahh. But you'll keep seeing my LC along with my all-time favorite Mac Plus doing that job. Murder NEVER occurs to me. They remain too DAMN useful. Just ask the lady with epileptic seizures I just gave an LC to. She's sending her Classic II to her niece when I get her a second keyboard. She adores her new Mac, because it's in color. And because it powers her Stylewriter 1200. And because she's learning a new career. Her old one can't serve her in her present condition. Jeff Jeff -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
