Actually, I find OS 9 perfectly fine for doing "real work" provided you use the right applications.
I have a tangerine clamshell (300MHz, 192MB RAM) running 9.1. I run Word 98, Ph…
68kMLASoftwareby Scott BaretMon, 27 Jul 2009 - 01:43
If you want "as fast as possible," then that rules out OS X.
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If you want to get real work done, that rules out OS 9.
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What shoul…
I found an iBook G3 clamshell on Craigslist today for $50 which said it was "locked" and needed to be "unlocked". What they meant was they didn't know the admin password. I had no …
Awhile back, someone posted a message on comp.sys.apple2 asking if anyone had made an archive of the Public Domain Software On File collection:
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Ma…
The Macintosh that is being referred here is in this case, your Macintosh SE/30.
Now, you will be able to read PC-formatted disks on your Macintosh SE/30.
Then, download the Supe…
Owning a 5300 and 2 190s I would have to agree that they are both pretty bad. The 5300c works for the amount I have tested it but I have not noticed any failure issue yet. I have…
Get them while you can. I can't abide having a computer that I can't write my own programs on.
I managed to find Apple's X11 on X for Jaguar. It took a bit of searching mind you.
Now get XCode and X11...
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I see what you did there...
Actually, Apple still provides the 10.2 dev tools IIRC. For X there's always XDarwin or whatever it …
So I was working on a client's Mac Mini, and I found a 10.2 Disk 1 in the CD Drive. I shot an email to the owner and he said that he had no use for that and that I could keep it.
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5300s have a reputation for being unreliable because they are unreliable. My 5300 oddly powered itself off at the most annoying of times (such as when I had almost completed Oregon…
Well I finally got to testing the 5300s I conquested in the huge powerbook lot a few months ago, and the failure rate of apples first PPC and its 68k brother, is quite high. Only 2…
bitterly-fought wars that have been caused by disagreement about cheeses.
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Presumably due to fermenting unrest.
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Or perhaps to someone's…
bitterly-fought wars that have been caused by disagreement about cheeses.
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Presumably due to fermenting unrest.
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This is udder foolishne…
The Macintosh SE/30 is one thing that will make the process easier if if it works well.
First thing first, try disabling extensions (basically INIT code that enhances functiona…