31 May
2013
31 May
'13
2:45 p.m.
At 4:41 PM +0000 5/31/13, Cory Smelosky wrote:
>2) Powerbook 3400, drives an HP flat-bed scanner
(which is SCSI
>interface) and plays games.
> Because: Scanner quality rocks, don't want to buy new
>scanner, no SCSI interface on any new machine I own (and not sure
>about drivers if there were). Don't want to buy new scanner; new
>scanner linearity probably is not as good anyway.
My Mom keeps an ancient iBook around specifically to drive a scanner.
While it won't help with the SCSI issue, take a look at
http://www.hamrick.com/ I *HIGHLY* recommend it for driving old
scanners. It made the Nikon CoolScan IV ED I have useful, and keeps
my Epson 2450 running.
I've been threatening to revive either my PowerMac 8500/180 or G4/450
specifically to be able to run ClarisDraw and the Mac version of
Master of Orion. Though really I should figure out how get both
running under an emulator on my Mac Pro (I already have the PC
version of Dawn of War with all the expansions running that way).
>3) (?) LaserJet 4M+, only working printer at home.
> Because: per-page cost is very low, print quality is fine for
>everything we need at home. House wired for ethernet, so no problem
>with connectivity; even laptops speak 802.11 to DSL hub which puts
>packets on ethernet to the printer. Printer is paid for and even a
>"cheap" new printer will chew through toner faster than I like.
I keep an HP LaserJet 5MP running for the same reason. Though a
networking issue with the WiFi segment of the home network is keeping
my wife from being able to print.
>5...n) Education/Nostalgia machines
> *Finally* beginning to understand machine language, thanks to
>the TRS-80 Color Computer's 6809. Want to learn VMS/(Alpha/VAX) to
>see what a real OS looks like. Love the dual-architecture Rainbow.
>etc. etc. etc. But I suspect this isn't the "use" you were looking
>for...
For me this is the classification my Commodore 64 falls into, out of
all my old 8-bit stuff, it's the one that actually gets used. While
back in the early 80's I had a VIC-20, I prefer my souped up C-64.
:-) Same with the VAX, but I've always used my Alpha's running
OpenVMS to get stuff done.
Zane
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