24 Oct
2000
24 Oct
'00
6:19 p.m.
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:01:37 -0700
From: "David C. Jenner" <djenner(a)halcyon.com>
Subject: Re: old MAC's
Some of these aren't truly "classic" yet (<10 years),
but it's looking like the Color Classic is really a
CLASSIC. If you want to really get carried away with
older Macs, see about the Color Classic at
http://home.hkstar.com/~patrickn/colorclassic/
Dave
We have a couple Color Classics at work a max of 10 megs RAM and 16mghz
speed makes it mighty slow (even with the MicroMac Accelerators)...
If you are looking for something "compact" and to "play" with the Macs
I
would look out for:
SE SuperDrive (able to use the HD disks, also can support dual drives
and hard drive)
SE/30 (first 68030 compact mac, some people consider thse good to have
around for net stuff.)
Classic II (more limited than the SE-30 but faster than other compact macs)
IIci (the cx and si are slower, also note the IIci is the last Mac
capable of running System 6)
IIfx (big, fast, but uses weird RAMs)
LC-III
Quadra 605/LC475 (no MMU but 25mghz speed, good kids internet box)
631-CD (last of the 68040s, but a good one - my first Mac - at home)
Macs in the 1000s are PowerMacs. Note some caveats on those:
* 61xx (uses a non-standard video connector!)
* 7100 (uses a non-standard video connector & NEEDS a standard video
card doe to electronic design)
Heck just check out http://www.lowendmac.com/ Low end Mac is a great
site for tips and tidbits on the older macs. Though some of their "Road
Apples" are computers I like.
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