I have a Mac IIci with a Sonnet Presto 040 card (Sonnet is dumping them on ebay - got mine for $20, but it'll run you $100 at their website) and a Radius video card, ethernet card. I use it to play games :)
Sherman On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:28:30 -0400, Thomas Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a thought.. can an old Mac IIci with an Sonnet Presto 040 80/40 run > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It would be rediculously slow, but at least it'd be productive. I see that > the minimum requiremts are > 32mb of ram, system 7.5.5 and a power pc processor. > Anyone doing this? > > Thomas > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norbert van Bemmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: new to the list > > > >Third question, does anyone have their old Macson a PC LAN? I've got a > > >couple PCs hooked up to DSL through a router. What can you do with an old > > >Mac if you stick it on a network like this? Can you use it as a > > >fileserver for the PCs? > >> > > You can easily hook it up to the internet as well, and fire up all the > > vintage internet software you can find! I was surprised to find out that > > reading newsgroups and emailing went just as well on my IIci as on my 600 > > Mhz iMac. Telnet and FTP work very well too. Websurfing is a bit awkward > > because modern websites won't work with old versions of Netscape. > > > > Can the PC's do Apple Talk? I'm afraid your Mac is too slow to be a > > fileserver. > > > > -- > > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > > --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
