you can log onto your Unix Mac via telnet and send / receive mail etc. Click to expand... No, telnet is spawned by inetd. We are talking purely serial, so you would be coming i…

Very good price. The velco strips could have been for one of those screens that keep people from seeing what you are typing (or for a paper holder that mounts on the side of the ca…

Why do you think the PDS card does not work? It is made for A/UX only and while it will boot in OS 7.01 (wont work but the machine will boot), newer mac OS versions tend to hang/cr…

FidoNet worked as follows: User runs terminal software and dials his local FidoNet BBS system. Reads his messages, types new messages to other FidoNet subscribers and logs out. Lat…

If so, I'd be interested in how it could be done. More than likely, I have completely misunderstood what I read and simply need to be set straight. Click to expand... Choose a …

the down low is back when you used a terminal emulator to access unix (type) servers, and the whole experience was text based, altho that could be mouse and menu driven, anything b…

heat?

http://www.4drives.com/4drives/8425.htm http://www.redhill.net.au/d/d-a.html http://www.harddrives-usa.com/MINISCRIBE-8425-MFM-3.5-IN-HH-hard-drive-pr-5376.html or Google Minisc…

Very nice! :O Sounds like a good score....I'd quite happily pay $56 for such a beast.

Here's where you're sounding schizophrenic. Click to expand... I think we've totally gotten off on the wrong foot. I just re-read this thread and I can't even figure out what's…

Most of the Hyperdrives I've seen had MiniScribe mechanisms, which have 2 LEDs on the front panel, green for power OK / ready, and red for activity. Click to expand... Thank yo…

I've never delved very deep into an InstaTower before, but I'd imagine that if nothing else, there'd be an amplifier in there, since not only is there a knob on the back for adjust…

subwoofer Click to expand... Something I've wondered about - what, apart from the motherboard, is actually required to run the subwoofer? In other words, can the sub be transp…

Since when does being interested in vintage Macs require a degree in computer programming? I'm not frightened, just have no interest in it. There are many folks on these forums who…

lord knows by that time they had gotten enough ROMs wrong the first time around Click to expand... Did they? The architecture was designed to support software patching. Clic…

http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/4/4804/ http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081217161612647

Great to see you getting back to your Duo mauling^C^C^C^C improving ways jt. Would it perhaps be more relevant to compare the unimplemented pads to the implemented VRAM in the DDI…

except for a serial mouse. Click to expand... I've never known a Macintosh with a "serial mouse". Where does this mythical beast fit it to the picture? Click to expand... W…

USB port -> getty -> login -> bash -> mail Click to expand... Again, this is where I'm either really stupid when it comes to basic computer knowledg…

The IIx has been called a SE/30 stuck in a mac II case. Click to expand... Hm, where did the screen go? Have you noticed how a Mac II case is exactly like the bottom half of t…

To add to my original post: I will be upgrading to the 8-core Mac Pro when I finally retire my G5. I fully expect 6-7 years of continuous service from such a machine.

Apple selected a different route: let the monitor tell the video card what it is. Click to expand... Macintosh Displays: Overview of Sense Codes and Adapters Quadra Series, Ce…

Yeah, my 9500's case is pretty much trashed. :-/

There were two MMIs, Microcomputer Memories Inc. (hard disks) and Monolithic Memories Inc. (chips). As the label on your disk says, it was made by MMI in Van Nuys, California, a sm…

The IIx has been called a SE/30 stuck in a mac II case.