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Hi:
Great forum! I own several old Newtons and PowerBooks, and have been upgrading them for several years.
I hope this is not construed as spam, but I have a blog that people on here might want to read. There is no advertising on the site, just information about older Macs, using them and upgrading them.
I hope you find it a good resource.
www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress
Great forum! I own several old Newtons and PowerBooks, and have been upgrading them for several years.
I hope this is not construed as spam, but I have a blog that people on here might want to read. There is no advertising on the site, just information about older Macs, using them and upgrading them.
I hope you find it a good resource.
www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress
Hi:
Thanks everyone, here is what I have:
2 mint Wallstreets, 500 MHz upgrade chips, 60 gig 5400 RPM HDs, one with OS 9, the other with Tiger and a flush wifi card.
1 mint 5300ce with an internal CF card as a HD, and 32 MB RAM running OS 8.
1 mint 1400c with an internal CF card as a HD, 64 MB RAM running OS 8.
1 mint 180c running OS 7.6.
2 Newtons, both mint a 2000 and a 2100, with keyboard and case.
1 mint iBook Clamshell Tangerine running OS 9.
Thanks everyone, here is what I have:
2 mint Wallstreets, 500 MHz upgrade chips, 60 gig 5400 RPM HDs, one with OS 9, the other with Tiger and a flush wifi card.
1 mint 5300ce with an internal CF card as a HD, and 32 MB RAM running OS 8.
1 mint 1400c with an internal CF card as a HD, 64 MB RAM running OS 8.
1 mint 180c running OS 7.6.
2 Newtons, both mint a 2000 and a 2100, with keyboard and case.
1 mint iBook Clamshell Tangerine running OS 9.
Well, I'm new here too and it looks like I'm in good company. Here's my rundown.
Main Machine:
Mac 8500 upgraded with a Sonnet 500Mhz G3, a Sonnet Tempo Firewire/USB card with a hub, 544 MB and three 4GB internal drives. I run OSX 10.2.8, can boot OS 9.1 OR 7.5.5 when needed. All three OS's are stable.
"If I can play it, I can record it".
In the bedroom:
Mac 6300 (road apple), 64MB, OS9.1. This one is used an an ITunes MP3 player.
In the closet:
Mac SE, 4MB, OS 7.5.5. I'm laughed at when I use it as the "portable". Oh well, how many 20yr old PCs are still being useful?
I have a 9GB external drive (partitioned x3) that I can hook to the 8500 or the 6300 for file transfer and I can access that drive with the SE through Appletalk when needed. I also have a couple laser printers, an old Umax scanner I need to check out and an associated box of parts/junk to support these old battle axes. There's still some toothpaste left in the tube.
Main Machine:
Mac 8500 upgraded with a Sonnet 500Mhz G3, a Sonnet Tempo Firewire/USB card with a hub, 544 MB and three 4GB internal drives. I run OSX 10.2.8, can boot OS 9.1 OR 7.5.5 when needed. All three OS's are stable.
"If I can play it, I can record it".
In the bedroom:
Mac 6300 (road apple), 64MB, OS9.1. This one is used an an ITunes MP3 player.
In the closet:
Mac SE, 4MB, OS 7.5.5. I'm laughed at when I use it as the "portable". Oh well, how many 20yr old PCs are still being useful?
I have a 9GB external drive (partitioned x3) that I can hook to the 8500 or the 6300 for file transfer and I can access that drive with the SE through Appletalk when needed. I also have a couple laser printers, an old Umax scanner I need to check out and an associated box of parts/junk to support these old battle axes. There's still some toothpaste left in the tube.