BacioiuC
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Ever since I got my hands on my first compact (a stock SE) I've been in love with these little things and tried to bring them into my daily work flow with the goal of getting them to a point where I can use them without the need for a modern PC. And although I cannot use my macs for freelancing/contracting work (unless someone wants to pay me to develop a game for a 68K mac) I find myself turning on the Color Classic II just as much as my iMac Pro.
With the right upgrades, and a raspberry pi in the vicinity, the machine is quite a decent companion to my workstation and an amazing music player! Although I use it for coding mostly - recently I've taken to using it together with Photoshop 3 for some light, retro photo editing and drawing for my own games. Web Browsing is enabled via the use of a proxy server I'm hosting locally (on the raspberry pi) and most modern sites work (as long as they don't rely on video content). I share files with my iMac pro via raspberry pi and the beautiful MacIP-Pi project and even use it as an email machine. Heck, I even ordered a pizza once from it .
My only gripe with the CCII is it's sub 640x480 resolution which cuts me off from most games (though some of them work with my little fVGA app) and I am weary of doing the VGA mod to it. Other than that, I hope this machine will continue to stay by my side for a long time to come.
So how does your compact mac fit into your daily life?
P.s. my se/30 is now relagated to inventory management. Game sales, media collection and everything that requires a local spreadsheet is kept on it using Excel 4.0. I wish I'd use it for more but the 040 CCII is a beast!
Quick video showcasing the capabilities of the upgraded CCII:
With the right upgrades, and a raspberry pi in the vicinity, the machine is quite a decent companion to my workstation and an amazing music player! Although I use it for coding mostly - recently I've taken to using it together with Photoshop 3 for some light, retro photo editing and drawing for my own games. Web Browsing is enabled via the use of a proxy server I'm hosting locally (on the raspberry pi) and most modern sites work (as long as they don't rely on video content). I share files with my iMac pro via raspberry pi and the beautiful MacIP-Pi project and even use it as an email machine. Heck, I even ordered a pizza once from it .
My only gripe with the CCII is it's sub 640x480 resolution which cuts me off from most games (though some of them work with my little fVGA app) and I am weary of doing the VGA mod to it. Other than that, I hope this machine will continue to stay by my side for a long time to come.
So how does your compact mac fit into your daily life?
P.s. my se/30 is now relagated to inventory management. Game sales, media collection and everything that requires a local spreadsheet is kept on it using Excel 4.0. I wish I'd use it for more but the 040 CCII is a beast!
Quick video showcasing the capabilities of the upgraded CCII: