games system wise - what would people be doing with them? playing space invaders for a month instead of call of duty?

I would say anything pre 3d

I dunno- I think that's pushing it. Pre-Pentium sounds about right to me. As for game systems, make the cutoff be by bit count on the main processor. 8 bit, say. That would keep th…

Christmas came sort of early for me this year, well last year now. I gots my hands on a 17 inch iMac (G4/800), a snow iBook (G3/800), and a Bondi iMac (G3/233). The Bondi's drive…

M6498 I suspect it may have been opened up before, an upgrade prior to delivery to the original owner? As it has 512 Megs of RAM, 256/256. Course I want to take it to the maximu…

The takeapart is really not too bad. You're right about the PSU in them though, they can be a little meagre. Which model of iMac do you have?

Did you ever figure anything out? I have a SE and an EtherWave and have been trying to get my SE on the net.

These are very nice machines. I got given one a few weeks ago. A mate was having a clean out and I got lucky. My machine has issues though, the pro speakers won't work for some …

Here is a link of some pictures, that I took when I overhauled one of my 7100's. Although the pictures don't give you step by step instructions, they should give you an idea what…

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz This rule does need to be revised, under the current r…

The rule regarding games/pdas is the result of sheer laziness and ignorance on my part... there just isn't a convenient cut-off as there is with computers. If anyone has any ideas …

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz Click to expand... most 10 year old game systems a…

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz This rule does need to be revised, under the current …

Beats me, mate. I don't write the song, I just sing it Still, if the 6100/66av were allowed, I'd resurrect mine in a heartbeat!

PPC ist verboten. Click to expand... If 10-year-old game systems make the cut, why not a 15-year-old computer? (Heck, a Quadra 840 may very well be faster for many tasks than …

PPC ist verboten, mein freund: 2. In order to qualify, computer systems must use a pre-pentium processor... in general, this means 486 or below, 680x0 and pretty much everyt…

Alright, if I can dig the machines out of storage in the next two days; I'm going to use only machines that were current the day my step-son was born (September 25, 1994.) This me…

Or the Gameboy Colour...

Try ZipIt. Geeze, I can't find DropStuff anymore. Um. Yeah, give ZipIt a try.

The guideline for games and PDAs is ten-years-old as of the start of the competition, so you'd be a little shy with the GBA... developing something for the original GB would defini…

Hm, I am thinking of doing something with my Gameboy Advance (32 bit 16MHz ARM, original release date March 2001). Is that retro enough? I mean I have a couple of original 8 bit …

I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK. Click to e…

From what I've read (never tried it) those two-slot adapters will often only recognise a single card when used in a Mac.

I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK.

Drop Stuff will binhex a file.