Any older computer is still perfectly capable of doing anything it did when new. Word processing comes instantly to mind. I'd find an older dot matrix print & hook it up to the plus. Then I'd use the Plus for any light duty work that doesn't need to be saved on a company server; just write and print.
--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Possum Stu <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Possum Stu <[email protected]> > Subject: "real" uses for a Mac Plus > To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 2:12 PM > I've been a Mac user continuously > since I bought a Mac 512ke in 1986. > I currently own a Mac Plus and want to bring it to work as > a > decoration/conversation piece. Plus I think it'd be cool to > have a > computer on my desk that is older than several of our > employees. > > But I don't just want it to just sit there; I'd like it to > station it > unattended in the corner and have it DO something other > than run the > "Pyro" screen saver. One limitation: it'd have to run off > the boot up > floppy. > > I'd appreciate any ideas. Thanks in advance. > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the > Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
