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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
Welcome to the forums! Just curious, what kind of powerbooks do you have?
welcome glad to have you here
Welcome to the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army; we hope you enjoy your stay 
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.
Sweet, you're in good company here then 
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Um yeah, welcome to this place where we become enslaved to old macs and can't leave them alone [
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Already had your blog on my reading list... don't know where I got it, but it sure has lots of resources on old PowerBooks and Newtons!
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.
Welcome aboard to the new recruits! freudling, I too have your blog in my bookmarks
Welcome I don't post much but I lurk, a lot.
I don't post much but I lurk, a lot.Damn lurkers. :-xWelcome
Welcome to the two new people!
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Welcome to the forum!