10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
3:09 p.m.
On June 9 John Allain wrote:
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.
At one MacWorld I attended one vendor had taken dozens of Pluses, SE's,
SE30's and Classics and built what can only be called a throne out of them,
with a Lisa for an ottoman - and ran the Pyro! screensaver on them all, then
photographed show-goers sitting on it and handed out the Polaroids. That
took dozens of mini-Macs but perhaps you could use the few you have to do
something equally silly - run the Energizer Bunny, network version. Hook 'em
together with PhoneNet, install the init on them all and the "Start Wabbit"
application on one, and let it rip. Bunny marches across one screen, then
the next, then the next and around and around. I have the software if you
want it. Sort of a deranged kinetic art form...
Seth Lewin
11 Jun
11 Jun
6:56 a.m.
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Seth Lewin wrote:
At one MacWorld I attended one vendor had taken dozens
of Pluses, SE's,
SE30's and Classics and built what can only be called a throne out of them,
with a Lisa for an ottoman - and ran the Pyro! screensaver on them all, then
photographed show-goers sitting on it and handed out the Polaroids. That
took dozens of mini-Macs but perhaps you could use the few you have to do
something equally silly - run the Energizer Bunny, network version. Hook 'em
together with PhoneNet, install the init on them all and the "Start Wabbit"
application on one, and let it rip. Bunny marches across one screen, then
the next, then the next and around and around. I have the software if you
want it. Sort of a deranged kinetic art form...
For those excessively bored with way too much free time on their hands,
you could try building a MacArc if you have enough. If you stack Macs one
on top of the other, the one on top will be at a 5-10 degree angle from
the one on the bottom. If you stack enough of them, it'll eventually make
an arc (of indeterminate length). You'll need to use epoxy or something
however.
It'll probably get you on the news, especially if it collapses just as you
are standing underneath for the victory shot.
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7:49 a.m.
That sounds like a great idea and I would love to do it for a display at the
museum and shows that we do. Can share the software and tips? Thanks
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Subject: Re: Macs: Billions and Billions sold
On June 9 John Allain wrote:
them,
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.
At one MacWorld I attended one vendor had taken dozens of Pluses, SE's,
SE30's and Classics and built what can only be called a throne out of with a Lisa for an ottoman - and ran the Pyro!
screensaver on them all,
then
photographed show-goers sitting on it and handed out
the Polaroids. That
took dozens of mini-Macs but perhaps you could use the few you have to do
something equally silly - run the Energizer Bunny, network version. Hook
'em
together with PhoneNet, install the init on them all
and the "Start
Wabbit"
application on one, and let it rip. Bunny marches
across one screen, then
the next, then the next and around and around. I have the software if you
want it. Sort of a deranged kinetic art form...
Seth Lewin
9:33 a.m.
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 16:49, jkeyshcm wrote:
ditto.
We were thinking along similar lines at the Bletchley museum, probably
using Acorn BBC hardware and Microvitec Cub monitors as they're so easy
to come by and would not be treading on the toes of anyone who might put
them to better use. At the very least a scrolling message would be nice.
Macs are another possible candidate (and a bit lighter for wall
mounting). Again, the hardware's very easy to come by. The Acorn
solution has the benefit of being colour, and the Cub displays give a
larger visible area.
All of which leads to the question... what network-aware scrolling
software has been written and for what platforms?
Presumably there are two approaches:
1) Each machine on the network needs to know the entire "message" and
just maps the relevant bit of it onto its own display, according to
commands send from a machine designated as the master
2) Again one machine acts as the master, but passes display frames
down the network to each of the other machines, which they then display.
The former uses more resources on each machine, the latter is just
network-intensive.
Hmm...
cheers
Jules
Bunny marches
across one screen, then
the next, then the next and around and around. I have the software if you
want it. Sort of a deranged kinetic art form...
That sounds like a great idea and
I would love to do it for a display at the
museum and shows that we do. Can share the software and tips? Thanks 
26 Jun
26 Jun
12:12 a.m.
Seth Lewin <sml49(a)comcast.net> writes:
At one MacWorld I attended one vendor had taken dozens
of Pluses, SE's,
SE30's and Classics and built what can only be called a throne out of them,
I sometimes consider doing that with 6 or 8 decstations and a few vr262's,
and putting it in a science fiction convention art show,
but I have no idea what I would do with it afterwards...
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