9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
5:53 p.m.
OK I'm not talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
John A.
9 Jun
9 Jun
5:56 p.m.
OK I'm not talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
John A.
No, but I wouldn't mind hearing some good ideas that didn't involve turning
them into an Aquarium. Though come to think of it, I do have a Mac SE case
that I could do that with...
Zane
10 Jun
10 Jun
7:31 a.m.
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
They would make perfect automated bartenders.
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/sdp/sdp04/ganz/
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OK I'm not
talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
John A.
No, but I wouldn't mind hearing some good ideas that didn't involve turning
them into an Aquarium. Though come to think of it, I do have a Mac SE case
that I could do that with... 
9 Jun
9 Jun
6:19 p.m.
There's a site somewhere on the web that's being run on a toaster.
Don't remember where, but AFAIK it's still up.
Network them and make a mini-super-computer. ;o)
Jim (who knows where you're at. Have an SE30 that'll I'll probably own
forever.)
On Wednesday, Jun 9, 2004, at 19:53 US/Pacific, John Allain wrote:
OK I'm not talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
6:47 p.m.
There's a site somewhere on the web that's
being run on a toaster.
Don't remember where, but AFAIK it's still up.
Well, they can handle low volume....
Network them and make a mini-super-computer. ;o)
Painful on so many levels... Mainly the cost of networking them,the power
they'd use, and the time it would take...
Jim (who knows where you're at. Have an SE30
that'll I'll probably own
forever.)
Ah, but the SE/30 is one of the greatest Mac's ever made! Add Ethernet to
it, and use it as a small intelligent terminal. Though in this day and age
an iMac would be better suited probably :^/ An SE/30 also makes a great word
processor, or system for doing email.
Zane
10:48 p.m.
Hi,
"John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> said:
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
Well, I use an SE as a terminal.
Old Macs make neat little terminals.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
10 Jun
10 Jun
3:45 a.m.
Beowulf/Mosix cluster.
;)
On a somewhat related note, is there a *nix that runs on old 68000 Macs?
Minix runs without memory managers or FPU's (Seems to just need an ALU and a
couple registers :) Was it ever ported to Mac? Couldn't google any info on
it, maybe I'm just tired this morning...
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Subject: Re: Macs: Billions and Billions sold.
Hi,
"John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> said:
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to
do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
Well, I use an SE as a terminal.
Old Macs make neat little terminals.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
5:15 a.m.
On Thursday, June 10, 2004, Jason McBrien, wrote:
On a somewhat related note, is there a *nix that runs
on old 68000 Macs?
Minix runs without memory managers or FPU's (Seems to just need an ALU and a
couple registers :) Was it ever ported to Mac? Couldn't google any info on
it, maybe I'm just tired this morning...
Yes. MacMinix will run on a Mac Plus with 1 MB RAM and no hard drive.
No networking support, though.
Mac06 will run on a 68020 with 8 MB RAM.
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
8:07 a.m.
FISH TANKS! hehehe. Rochester Institute of Technology's Computer Science
House (CSH) held a record for field stripping a mac and converting it to a
working fish tank with a live fish in 20 minutes flat.
Other uses: paper weight, door stop, x-mas gifts (replaces fruit cake),
lawn ornaments and technology scarecrows to keep the managers away =)
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 10:53 PM 6/9/2004, you wrote:
OK I'm not talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
John A.
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and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies
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12:09 p.m.
FISH TANK, paper weight, door stop, x-mas gifts
(replaces fruit cake),
lawn ornaments
It's beginning to look like this complete MC68000 system, with graphics
and sound, is perfectly at home in the Goodwill next to the $2.00 toaster,
offered at a similar price.
Now that just seems wierd, but I'm learning to accept it.
John A.
12:17 p.m.
It's beginning to look like this complete MC68000
system, with graphics
and sound, is perfectly at home in the Goodwill next to the $2.00 toaster,
offered at a similar price.
None of the goodwill/salvation army stores near my home in NE Massachusetts
will even accept computers of any kind for donations. That really annoys
me, both from a donatig and a collecting perspective.
2:26 p.m.
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Damien Cymbal wrote:
The problem is that they now have to pay to get rid of anything that
doesn't work or is simply not saleable. Blame it on the environment :)
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It's
beginning to look like this complete MC68000 system, with graphics
and sound, is perfectly at home in the Goodwill next to the $2.00 toaster,
offered at a similar price.
None of the goodwill/salvation army stores near my home in NE Massachusetts
will even accept computers of any kind for donations. That really annoys
me, both from a donatig and a collecting perspective. 
11 Jun
11 Jun
7:26 a.m.
New subject: Any MacIvory boards from Symbolics? Was: Macs: Billions and Billions sold.
John -
Good question -- does the Mac Classic have any NuBus slots? I'd like to
snag one of the Symbolics MacIvory lisp machine cards to run on a Mac.
Anybody have a MacIvory card they're not using?
-- Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of John Allain
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:53 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Macs: Billions and Billions sold.
OK I'm not talking about the burger.
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
John A.
26 Jun
26 Jun
12:09 a.m.
"John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> writes:
But anybody have any creative ideas on what to do
with two or three Mac Classics that I keep finding.
I can't throw them out, on conscience.
I can't believe no-one responded with the following link before now.
Go to
http://www.c-trl.com/68k/
right away and see the magic of a wall full of macs and the Localtalk Lounge.
And a spare MacIvory would be quite the find; there can't have been that many
made to start with...
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