Yay! It's fixed!
Well, except for the fact that I must now manually switch to enable either internal speakers or headphones. :
Okay, so here's what I did. Once the Pismo wa…
The way I read it you wanted the 128k to do SLIP or PPP. Both can be done, but you have to basically duplicate the functionality of MacTCP in a small memory space.
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3. Have you tried booting from a floppy or from a CD?
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Yes. I put both a floppy and a CD ROM in, and it didn't acknowledge either one of them. This was when i…
To do any expanding of the funcationalilty of the 128k like you describe you are going to have to do real programming ( Pascal, C or assembler ).
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You couldn'…
Just bought a dual G5 to replace a 700MHz eMac, so obviously I'm far from the bleeding edge... I don't see myself needing to upgrade in the next 3-5 years (unless I get filthy rich…
but it seems a little unusual to me for someone interested in "retrocomputing" to be frightened of learning gruesome technical details about how computers "in general" work....Real…
Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but it seems a little unusual to me for someone interested in "retrocomputing" to be frightened of learning gruesome technical details ab…
... is to have an Appletalk Router running on your network (even Localtalk Bridge should work, but I use the much more robust Apple Internet Router program running on MacOS 7.1 on …
For many non-UNIX users on this forum, these kinds of projects usually die a quick death since it involves some advanced configuration of tools which are not familiar to most Mac u…
One of the ways to connect a Newton to a reasonably modern Mac (albeit running X.3 or below) is to have an Appletalk Router running on your network (even Localtalk Bridge should wo…
For me, it's about expanding the functionality of a 128K (and bragging rights)......it's a fun idea that's beyond my skill set.
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To do any expanding of the fu…
Cool experiment though. Now we know for sure what happens.
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Yes. It makes me wonder if there is a pin incompatibility or a software one. I should have put th…
This has a built in limit of 4 characters minimum for search terms
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and evidently common word filter like "plus". Google actually works much better if I am lo…
you also need System 6.0.2 or higher lest the Macintosh II still mistake the high-density drive as an 800kB mechanism.
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Yes I read that and was surprised cons…
Here's a vt100 terminal emulator that supposedly runs on a 128k Mac.
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And this is where my eyes glaze over. There is no shortage of vintage Terminal and e-mai…
Just use a terminal emulator!
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Seconded.
Here's a vt100 terminal emulator that supposedly runs on a 128k Mac. There are many recipes out there to enable a tt…
and are you going to move to Macpro..?
do you see benefits of ditching your machine in favor of a macpro (besides speed)...?
How often do you buy Mac's?
Jim
You have to remember that the G4's are a little older than the G5's and the G5's are a little older than the MacPro...
But in the end it's up to the person who uses it nd what the…
Anywho, as for my 'book->'deck idea, talk about killing someones enthusiasm for a hack, thanks guys.
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If it helps at all, I don't think it's a terrible…
And I know this is even more tangential to the whole thing but I can't believe people would claim FR or Dragonlance as being the best of gaming literature. Wow.
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Just connected my Newton 2100 to my G3 iMac via the most bizarre route but it does work ...
Route is : -
USB to serial adaptor
9 pin serial to apple din serial adapter
apple se…
Scored a personal laserwriter 300 at a church rummage sale for $5 over the weekend. I don't know if that is a good deal yet, as I have not tried it out but for $5 I figured I'd ro…