In the earliest days of the retrochallenge it was a straight date cutoff, of ten years I believe, however this was changed a few years ago because 1994 seemed retro then, but 1999/…
68kMLAPowerPCby Anonymous FreakSun, 10 Jan 2010 - 21:35
multi touch is cool, and it will be the future of handheld lite systems (ie ipod) but for current normal day to day computer use it is more gimicky then useful
and yea, I would ra…
In the earliest days of the retrochallenge it was a straight date cutoff, of ten years I believe, however this was changed a few years ago because 1994 seemed retro then, but 1999/…
Any chance of selling the TiBook cheap? I have been wanting a TiBook for a while...
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Uh... There's no TiBook. There are a couple G3s, and an Aluminum G4. A…
68kMLAPowerPCby Anonymous FreakSun, 10 Jan 2010 - 20:26
no Mars, sadly they do not. this one is missing a large metal plate/stand that would be bolted to the back, but i have that from my other gemini, it keeps the closed/prevents peopl…
Alright, in my cleaning effort, (nearly) all of my PowerBooks have been dug out.
I have found the following:
Macintosh Portable, Backlit: Dead. Documented in my sale thread. (A…
68kMLAPowerPCby Anonymous FreakSat, 9 Jan 2010 - 22:03
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260533077653&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123
this is a clamshell modified w/ a touch screen, that was made for …
(Late reply for the confused stragglers: The thread was originally titled "Can 8500 do 7", with the first post also referencing 7. That's why the first reply asks about 8, which m…
(Late reply for the confused stragglers: The thread was originally titled "Can 8500 do 7", with the first post also referencing 7. That's why the first reply asks about 8, which m…
68kMLAOS 9by Anonymous FreakSat, 9 Jan 2010 - 11:29
Apart from the LCD, what's "souped up"?
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The LCD is nice, sure. The PowerBook Mustang is somewhere between a 5300 and a 1400. (Interestingly, my copy of "Ap…
getting an AVR cross-development IDE working on my Mac Plus
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Please do!
But maybe there's better ways to consider newer machines.
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One issue with even introducing PPC G1-era Macs is that because they have so much more capability, there could be a tendency for them to dominate retrochallenge. Considering I keep…
Perfect.
I've stopped using the OS 9 hard drive ( the other drive has Tiger ) after upgrading from OS 8.6 to OS 9 only because OS 9 would not get along with many of my audio/midi …