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Post #11 by Trash80toHP_Mini
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateThu, 10 Sep 2009 - 05:35
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/living-in-an-os-9-x-adb-serialmac-world.18509/
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I'm also livin' and lovin' the OS9/ADB lifestyle. I picked up a Rev. 2 B&W a year or so back and upgraded the heck out of it: maxed G3 CPU at 1.1GHz, maxed RAM (1 gig), and a Radeon 7000 (kept the original 128 plugged in for dual monitor goodness if I need it).
WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!! NICE! I snagged an '02 Quicksilver, but still haven't got it up & running.

I've always wanted one of these but could never afford one new. I used a Performa 6116 full time from '96 to '04 so I never got to enjoy any software that couldn't run smoothly on 60MHz, lol.
Well, NOW you've got one! Congrats, comrade! Back when I first enlisted in the MLA, I went about collecting all the stuff I'd been dreaming about from the IIfx-Quadra eras. Now I'm into the old Iron from the pre-Y2K-Y2K+3 era! Costs are a little higher, but I don't NEED all that much! [;)] ]'>

Anyway, I have an ADB Wacom tablet (6x8) for use with my Adobe suite (Photoshop 6, Premiere 5, Illustrator 9, and After Effects 4, all legit). The main purpose of my G3: an animation studio! And it's perfect for it. My monitor is a 19" widescreen and I can boot into Tiger if I want to browse the net or run some more modern emulators.
Your mention of the ADB Wacom is what prodded me into editing the thread's title! Sometimes being a mod has its good points! Mine is a 12"x12" SERIAL Wacom and the interface for my 40" CAMMjet runs off the ole' DIN-8 connection (RS-422?) and the Software's Dongle is ADB.

The only animation I've ever done (on a computer) was my PogoHamsters Avatar over on 'fritter. I did that in GraphicConverter and it worked GREAT, but the new forum software cuts the limit to 80x80 pixels, My bouncing pets are something like 83x83 and I don't feel like doin'em over, maybe I'll post them in this thread . . .

. . . especially with Christmas coming up! }:)

Does your Rev. 2 B&W still have the good old fashioned serial port/modem port (AKA: 1.5 Serial Ports! =8-P) combo?

I also have a Gravis MouseStick for some A-10 Attack/Cuba goodness, a Gravis Gamepad, and a Kensington trackball, all ADB. I kept all of my software from my Performa days (still have that too!) so I can enjoy LucasArts games, Diablo, Starcraft, Alone In The Dark trilogy, etc. Good times!
Yep, I've got almost every package I've ever bought, each in its own Zip-Loc bag w/docs, distribution media and the informative parts of the boxes cut & flattened in the bag for ID purposes. I don't recall which JoyStick I've got, but it's USB for the G-4 466 DA along with the Nostromo Gamepad I programmed to run all my hotkeys for reformatting pics in GraphicConverter . . .

I've got the early version, the new one Scares ME! 8-o

Now if I had a nice Wallstreet PDQ I could have a portable version of the last of the ADB Macs!
What's a Wallstreet PDQ? I want a Wallstreet too, but I'm not familiar with that designation/variation.

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