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Port Access on early Macs — #9

I'm pretty sure FutureBASIC 2 can access the serial ports. It's free, so no harm trying it out. Click to expand... I have looked on Future Basic's website and I don't see a Fut…
68kMLA Software by ClassicHasClass Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - 04:48

Old Apple dealer pins — #2

Those are great Too bad there's not an 'Ask me about _____'!
68kMLA Software by ~Coxy Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - 03:20

Port Access on early Macs — #8

I don't recall what the differences between 3.0 and QuickBASIC are, though I believe that QB is newer. QB is the one which I used on my SE/30 back in the day. 3.0 has separate vers…
68kMLA Software by Dog Cow Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 20:37

Port Access on early Macs — #7

Microsoft BASIC can control serial ports. Have a look at my site. Check the Mac BASIC category in the Downloads. Click to expand... There were several BASIC files there, there …
68kMLA Software by jukingeo Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 20:10

Old Apple dealer pins — #1

I just got these off of eBay. Next time I go to the Apple Store, I'm wearing at least one of them { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightb…
68kMLA Software by Green78II Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 19:21

Port Access on early Macs — #6

Microsoft BASIC can control serial ports. Have a look at my site. Check the Mac BASIC category in the Downloads.
68kMLA Software by Dog Cow Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 18:42

Port Access on early Macs — #5

I'm pretty sure FutureBASIC 2 can access the serial ports. It's free, so no harm trying it out. Click to expand... I have looked on Future Basic's website and I don't see a Fut…
68kMLA Software by jukingeo Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 18:39

Port Access on early Macs — #4

I'm pretty sure FutureBASIC 2 can access the serial ports. It's free, so no harm trying it out.
68kMLA Software by ClassicHasClass Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 18:27

Port Access on early Macs — #3

RS-422 is basically just higher-speed RS-232. It can be programmed just like RS-232 for basic serial communication. The two big differences are in speed, and speed control. A 165…
68kMLA Software by jukingeo Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 18:18

Port Access on early Macs — #2

RS-422 is basically just higher-speed RS-232. It can be programmed just like RS-232 for basic serial communication. The two big differences are in speed, and speed control. A 16…
68kMLA Software by Anonymous Freak Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 16:49

Port Access on early Macs — #1

Hello all, I am interested in the older 68k Macs and I am looking into getting either an SE/30 or Classic II machine. One of the main things I would like to do with the Mac is to…
68kMLA Software by jukingeo Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 14:42

MDD G4... one dumb question — #9

Wow nice score! Wanna sell it???? Click to expand... I think I'll keep it for the moment. ;^) So, upon trying the "boot to OS 9" experiment, when I boot a system file dragged …
68kMLA OS 9 by Gorgonops Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 01:39

Apple Personal Diagnostics 1.1 — #5

APD was a commercial product put out by Apple, essentially it was a cut down version of MacTest Pro intended for end users. Although MTP was only distributed to authorised Apple te…
68kMLA Software by LCGuy Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 01:15

MDD G4... one dumb question — #7

the 1.42x2MDD I briefly had was very very snappy. Even my 1X2G4 QS was a very snappy machine. In all fairness I was using an 800mhz ibook g3 as my other osx machine at the time, bu…
68kMLA OS 9 by zerotypeq Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 17:06

MDD G4... one dumb question — #6

So, I picked up the machine yesterday afternoon. The complete inventory of stuff in it was as follows: 2x 1.25Ghz CPU 2 GB RAM Airport 250 GB HD 1x Radeon 9000 Pro AGP with DV…
68kMLA OS 9 by Gorgonops Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 16:49

MDD G4... one dumb question — #5

the MDD has absolutely no problems at all running large IDE hard drives; In fact, I believe that the MDD came in a server configuration with a set of large hard disks in it at some…
68kMLA OS 9 by kissmyash933 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 12:59

New Retro Computing Magazine!! — #4

effort! sweat! blood! tears!! but response so far suggests an issue two would go down well. baby steps....
68kMLA Software by wgoodf Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 06:15

MDD G4... one dumb question — #4

OS 9 can work with large drives up to 2TB if you find a copy of MacOS ROM version 9.5 or later. The ROM file that came on the MDD's CD or an iMac/iBook G4 or other late version of …
68kMLA OS 9 by H3NRY Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 05:03

Any browser for 68k Macs that can view deviantart? — #4

Both iCab and Netscape 4.0 will work on DeviantArt. I have accessed it via my LC475 in the past. It ain't pretty and it ain't fast, but it's better than a kick in the nuts. Just…
68kMLA Software by conceitedjerk Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 02:38

New Retro Computing Magazine!! — #3

That's all fine and dandy, but what I want to know is when the second issue is coming out! Perhaps I'll save my review of my Model 100's REX upgrade for the next installme…
68kMLA Software by conceitedjerk Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 01:45

MDD G4... one dumb question — #3

IIRC 200gb or smaller partitions can only be read by os9 say you have a 600gig drive and it is partitioned in 200gb and 400gb it would boot fine off the 200gb partition but absolut…
68kMLA OS 9 by zerotypeq Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 19:22

MDD G4... one dumb question — #2

I'm sure others who have personal experience with such machines can give you a 'from personal experience' answer, but here's my understanding: OS 9 will only recognize partitions …
68kMLA OS 9 by Anonymous Freak Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 17:43
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