Old Mac

[DemonStar55]

well I found an old mac http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_...rma_6116cd.html

was wondering what I should do w/ it

 

[Blah]

Powerbook 5300 ^^

 

[tekt5]

oo. oo.

this

(DUCK IS OPTIONAL)


or this

(BE SURE TO VIDEO TAPE)

 

[DemonStar55]

anything constructive?

 

[Blah]

1. Sell it to the highest bidder and buy a new SMC.
2. Turn it into a devving machine and make us some stuff.
3. Use it for low duty internet tasks.
4. Give it to a school/charity.
5. Mod it up.
6. Do something wacko and post about it, be the first and entertain us all.
7. Find a support group for users of old macs.

Its really hard to think of anything to do with it...

 

[DemonStar55]

1. Sell it to the highest bidder and buy a new SMC.
2. Turn it into a devving machine and make us some stuff.
3. Use it for low duty internet tasks.
4. Give it to a school/charity.
5. Mod it up.
6. Do something wacko and post about it, be the first and entertain us all.
7. Find a support group for users of old macs.

Its really hard to think of anything to do with it...

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better than my Idea

I was just going to shoot the hell out of it w/ my airsoft gun after I screwed around w/ it then take out the magnets in the harddrive

can't really mod it, can't remove the 60 MHz processor

 

[Blah]

If 60mhz is enough for Mac OS 9, its enough for GCC, or some old games.

 

[DemonStar55]

If 60mhz is enough for Mac OS 9, its enough for GCC.

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I don't want to learn to code too confusing for my mind

and Im just too lazy

EDIT: wow it has the same amount of RAM as the gp32

 

[Blah]

But unlike the GP32 it can have up to 72mb of it.

 

[DemonStar55]

But unlike the GP32 it can have up to 72mb of it.

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yeah and the processor can't go to 133

 

[Iorgy77]

I found an old mac LCII with monitor, external cd-rom and hdd sitting on the side of the road. Took it home and downloaded some old school games from the web and had fun for about two weeks with it. Much prefer my amigas tbh but it still had some great games and probably the best version of Prince of Persia I have ever played.

 

[Drag]

I still have my old Performa 550 laying in the basement.
http://www.lowendmac.com/500/lc550.shtml
It's that.

It runs System 7 I think. One of the "System"s.

But I have this CD called "Tricks of the Mac Programming Gurus", and it comes with a CD that has TONS and TONS of demos and stuff of commercial games. In fact, that's how I came to know about Oxyd, and The Even More Incredible Machine. (Actually, I heard about TEMIM when I went to a different school to see if maybe I wanted to switch into a new school. When we were checking out the school, the professor one of the classes I would have been taking showed us the kind of games the kids play during free time, and TEMIM (on the macintosh) was one of them. I fell in love with the game when I saw it that moment. Then I fell in love with it more when I found I had a demo of the game on my Tricks CD. Fast forward about a year, I now have the game for Windows on CD. )

Hey, if you want some interesting Macintosh-related reads, try this site:
http://www.folklore.org/index.py

That site gave me a whole new respect for the older Macintoshes, and I'm really jealous that I won't ever be able to get a job like in those stories. (Every breakthrough in technology is already discovered, unlike in those stories, where the first GUI-based OS is being developed).

Well anyway, I don't actively use my Mac anymore, but I keep it around in case I ever feel like poping in that tricks CD again, to play some of the demos on there. Serously, some of those games really rock.

 

[AXNJAXN]

Mine's older.

 

[Nova]

well I found an old mac http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_...rma_6116cd.html

was wondering what I should do w/ it

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Can i have it?

 

[DemonStar55]

well I found an old mac http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_...rma_6116cd.html

was wondering what I should do w/ it

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Can i have it?

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sure, where do you live?

 

[AXNJAXN]

NOVA - @ Signature: I scored 99. Do I get a prize.

*shivers*

Anyhow...

You might want to hold on to any computers that are around fifteen years old or older. These things might turn out to be worth something before too long. Right now I've got an Amiga 2000 in addition to two different models of the Mac SE in working order and I'm gonna hold on to them for nostalgia's sake. Now if only I could get my hands on an Apple Newton...

 

[Nova]

well I found an old mac http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_...rma_6116cd.html

was wondering what I should do w/ it

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Can i have it?

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sure, where do you live?

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doesnt matter actually, i would like it but i just noticed you lived in usa, and me being in the uk it probably would be a hefty postage thingie.

thanks all the same.

 

[AXNJAXN]

Those old macs weighed a ton - the price for shipping ANYWHERE would be crazy.

 

[DemonStar55]

Those old macs weighed a ton - the price for shipping ANYWHERE would be crazy.

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haha yeah it's 14.9 lbs

 

[Anhaedra]

Go to 68kmla.net if you want some ideas on what to do with it. Someone there might actually buy it.