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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24 Oct
24 Oct
6:46 p.m.
I guess maybe you didn't follow the Web links.
These guys have upgraded the Color Classic to Power
Mac G3 CPUs and lots of bells and whistles.
If you have access to the New York Times, see the
Thursday, August 24, 2000 national edition page D8
for an article entitled: "A Long-Discontinued
Macintosh Still Thrills Collectors to the Core."
Not quite classic by this mailing list standards,
but, as I said, truly CLASSIC.
Dave
P.S. You probably want to volunteer to "retire" those
Color Classics from work into your collection.
Larry Anderson wrote:
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.
--
01000011 01001111 01001101 01001101 01001111 01000100 01001111 01010010 01000101
Larry Anderson - Sysop of Silicon Realms BBS (209) 754-1363
300-14.4k bps
Classic Commodore pages at: http://www.jps.net/foxnhare/commodore.html
01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011 
7:21 p.m.
Even the transplant of the LC-575 mainboard into the CC
offers quite a big speed boost since it has a 68040 running at 33mhz
and a true 32bit data path, vice the CC's normal 16bit data path. It
doesn't require any modification to use the 575 board either, as it's
a direct swap and just slides in. The only problem is that the
connectors no longer line up with the cutouts on the bolt-on rear
panel and that you have to modify the analog board or the CPU board
to run System 7.5 and above. It'll run 7.1 as-is just fine. The G3
mods use a later mainboard that requires all kinds of case mods,
including PSU mods. All in all, a pretty cool little system, and a
gorgeous screen. My favorite of my compact Macs.
Jeff
I guess maybe you didn't follow the Web links.
These guys have upgraded the Color Classic to Power
Mac G3 CPUs and lots of bells and whistles.
If you have access to the New York Times, see the
Thursday, August 24, 2000 national edition page D8
for an article entitled: "A Long-Discontinued
Macintosh Still Thrills Collectors to the Core."
Not quite classic by this mailing list standards,
but, as I said, truly CLASSIC.
Dave
P.S. You probably want to volunteer to "retire" those
Color Classics from work into your collection.
Larry Anderson wrote:
>
> > 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.
> --
> 01000011 01001111 01001101 01001101 01001111 01000100 01001111
>01010010 01000101
> Larry Anderson - Sysop of Silicon Realms BBS (209) 754-1363
> 300-14.4k bps
> Classic Commodore pages at: http://www.jps.net/foxnhare/commodore.html
> 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101
>01010010 01010011
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