Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. Bullshit. Go read the FAQ. Marten -- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread JakeCatfox
I'm not saying 8.1 will not RUN on the Performa 575, I'm saying it's a bit heavy for the hard disk, and it'll run slowly. That is why I RECOMMEND 7.1 or lower. -- Deven In a message dated 9/8/01 6:44:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: System 7.1 is the best choice for

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Huh??? What has the 575 to do with 68020 or lower??? If 8.1 is a bit heavy for the original 575 hard disk, put in a bigger and faster one. Of course 7.1 is always faster... Marten I'm not saying 8.1 will not RUN on the Performa 575, I'm saying it's a bit heavy for the hard disk, and it'll run

Re: Zenith EasyPC

2001-09-08 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: R.A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: Zenith EasyPC Listaurians, Is there any affinity between a 512k Mac and the Zenith Easy PC (512K)? All the best, R. A.

Re: nubus ethernet/firewall on IIsi to PM8100

2001-09-08 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
John Oliver wrote: HI there - I own an IIsi which has a nubus ethernet card in the PDS slot (with adapter) and an 8100 (PPC) with built-in ethernet. Does anyone know if I could use the card in the IIsi in the 8100? I'd like to set up a firewall using the 8100 and need two ethernet connections to

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
I could be a professional mediator. :) That is, assuming my interpretation of the situation is actually right! This my interpretation: Deven said: System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. I responded: Bullshit go read the FAQ. (That is always what

mpg123 update

2001-09-08 Thread JAG
I have posted the update from Mark - here are the results: http://www.jagshouse.com/68kmp3.html thanks jag -- __ Old mac parts: http://www.jagshouse.com/sales.html http://www.jagshouse.com - all about older Macs. Get your older Mac online - blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Zenith EasyPC

2001-09-08 Thread jpero
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) From: Jeff Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Zenith EasyPC Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 06:27:56 -0700 -Original Message- From: R.A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread JakeCatfox
Oh, sorry, thought the Performa 575 had a 68020 for some reason. Yes, 8.1 will run fine ... but 7.1 will always be faster on this kind of machine. I really recommend 8.1 for an '040 machine. In a message dated 9/8/01 7:36:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Huh??? What

Re: Speaking of Mobo Swapping..

2001-09-08 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I've got both a loaner 7100 and my IIci open, and I'm unconvinced. Yes, much of the slots are in the same place, like Terry said, but the boards are not all that much alike in my opinion. Does Apple actually say these are the same form factor? I could accept (grudgingly) that they have

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1, Mystic VRAM

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Using system picker or system switcher you can just install 2 operating system on the same hard disk and switch between them whenever you like... My personal experience with mac os 8 on the 68040 is that it was not very stable. I did like it on the ppc macs though... For the ppc's it was kind

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Steve Moody
At 12:43 PM +0200 9/8/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. Bullshit. Go read the FAQ. Really? His opinion is in the FAQ and he got it wrong? -- --- Made with a Mac • --- Can you identify this weapon?

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Sai kee Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And for the 601, it could use 7.5 up to 8.1, with 36MB RAM, which is better ? 7.6.1, 8.1 if you want to use a large hard drive formatted HFS+. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so

Re: mpg123 update

2001-09-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- JAG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have posted the update from Mark - here are the results: http://www.jagshouse.com/68kmp3.html thanks jag If it's a pure 68k app and needs an FPU it won't work on a PowerMac because Apple wimped out and Mac OS on PPC only emulates an 020, according to

Re: PPC upgrade for LC 575

2001-09-08 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
Richard Brauer wrote: Last time I checked, the cheapest retail version I saw of any of the 601 cards was $199 IIRC. Even on eBay, they routinely go for more than $100. Strange how that goes, isn't it? These days, an '040 upgrade card will cost you more than a Quadra. A 601 upgrade card for

Re: LC III vs. LC III+

2001-09-08 Thread Terry Mathews
Just clockspeed. LCIII is 25MHz, LCIII+ is 33MHz. As far as the bus width, I can't remember. But I do remember that the bus width is the same on both, and double what it is on the LC and LCII. Terry Does anyone know the definitive difference between the LC III and the LC III+. -- Vintage

Re: LC III vs. LC III+

2001-09-08 Thread jpero
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 23:50:01 -0400 From: Receipts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LC III vs. LC III+ LC III vs. LC III+ Does anyone know the definitive difference

OT: this is funny. :)

2001-09-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman
http://www.450productions.com/url/evilzug/workit/index.html And yes, it's clean. ;) = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947

LC with twin floppies

2001-09-08 Thread Receipts
I have a working LC (original), and the case has openings for two floppies. Right now it has one floppy and one hard drive. Is it possible to remove the internal hard drive and replace it with another floppy drive? I have plenty of external SCSI chassis for the HD. I read once on some site

Re: LC with twin floppies

2001-09-08 Thread Alex Allee
I have a working LC (original), and the case has openings for two floppies. Right now it has one floppy and one hard drive. Is it possible to remove the internal hard drive and replace it with another floppy drive? I have plenty of external SCSI chassis for the HD. I read once on some site

Re: LC with twin floppies

2001-09-08 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: Receipts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:00 PM Subject: LC with twin floppies I have a working LC (original), and the case has openings for two floppies. Right now it has one floppy and one hard drive.

It Really IS a IIvm, pickle.....

2001-09-08 Thread Jeff Garrison
I brought home that machine I spoke of a few weeks back. It's now mine. =^) In the section, About This Macintosh, the wording says it is a IIvm. I am going to run Tech Tool on it to see what Gestalt ID it returns. And, I'm gonna check the serial number. Right now, I'm gonna see what Apple

Re: It Really IS a IIvm, pickle.....

2001-09-08 Thread Alex Allee
I brought home that machine I spoke of a few weeks back. It's now mine. =^) In the section, About This Macintosh, the wording says it is a IIvm. I am going to run Tech Tool on it to see what Gestalt ID it returns. And, I'm gonna check the serial number. Right now, I'm gonna see what Apple