25 Apr
1999
25 Apr
'99
9:07 p.m.
At 09:21 PM 4/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
At 09:43 PM 4/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
When I choose "About the Finder ...", I get
"The Macintosh Finder Version 1.0 (18 Jan 84)
@ 1984 Apple Computer"
No mention of memory size. But I would guess that it doesn't mention the
memory size because no size other than 128K was contemplated; i.e. this is
an original Mac. Any other way to check? BTW, were the "Programmer's
switches" (Interrupt and Reset) de-emphasized after the original Mac? My
Mac Plus has the same microswitches inside the case, but I had never heard
of them before.
This system is a bit of a puzzle. As I understand it, a single drive
original Mac was almost unusable, due to lack of RAM and the need for
frequent disk swaps. So I would expect mint condition. However, this system
(Mac, mouse, KB, Imagewriter printer) shows some signs of wear, even though
it was never upgraded to 512K, and there was no second drive with the system.
Regards,
Mark
My original post may have been misleading. It just
says "Macintosh" on the
back of the case. I'm assuming that it's a 128K Mac because: ...
How can I check the memory capacity, to see if it's a 128K or a 512K Fat
Mac? I'm not that familiar with Macs.
Boot it up, drop down the left hand (I think) menu and select 'About
Finder'. This should indicate the memory in the system.
-jim
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26 Apr
26 Apr
3:02 p.m.
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Mark Gregory wrote:
This system is a bit of a puzzle. As I understand it, a
single drive
original Mac was almost unusable, due to lack of RAM and the need for
frequent disk swaps. So I would expect mint condition. However, this system
(Mac, mouse, KB, Imagewriter printer) shows some signs of wear, even though
it was never upgraded to 512K, and there was no second drive with the system.
In many years, somebody will be asking the same thing about Windows 95.
The answer is, they suffered but used it. It's too expensive a toy to buy
and then let it gather dust in a corner.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is Power
27 Apr
27 Apr
7:28 a.m.
No mention of memory size. But I would guess that it
doesn't mention the
memory size because no size other than 128K was contemplated; i.e. this is
an original Mac. Any other way to check? BTW, were the "Programmer's
switches" (Interrupt and Reset) de-emphasized after the original Mac? My
Mac Plus has the same microswitches inside the case, but I had never heard
of them before.
Programmers switches are fairly common. My IIvx had them built in
right at
the front, older models like the II, SE, Plus had to have a plastic tab
stuck in the side to hit the small switches on the motherboard. Very useful
item, especially for programmers. Or anyone that often crashes their
computer. Newer computers like the PowerMac 6500 I'm using now don't really
have switches, it's in the software. Hold down the command key and hit the
power key is interrupt, command-control-power is reset. It helps a LOT if
you have MacsBug installed(in one of the developers dirs at ftp.apple.com,
6.5.3 for older machines, 6.5.4a? for MacOS 8)
This system is a bit of a puzzle. As I understand it, a
single drive
original Mac was almost unusable, due to lack of RAM and the need for
frequent disk swaps. So I would expect mint condition. However, this system
(Mac, mouse, KB, Imagewriter printer) shows some signs of wear, even though
it was never upgraded to 512K, and there was no second drive with the system.
Ha!
Not quite unusable, but VERY close. I managed to get on a few BBS's
with MacTerminal, a Mac 128 and an old 300 baud Apple modem. Only ones I
could get into were two C-64's and a TI-99 that were all using 2400bps
modems. Only things that would talk to a 300bps modem. As long as you don't
mind waiting about 30 seconds to download each screen. And MacWrite (and
MacDraw) were very useable, as long as you printed it out and didn't save
too many files on the disk.
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