techknight
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Macintosh Classic II Price
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3583Bytes
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OK so I got it. It was not working as stated before. Had the Vertical Bars White/Black. However a quick wash got it going again. Looks like it will need a recap. However other than that it seems to be working quite well. I paid $60 which for Canada/Calgary prices I think is OK (we don't have as many available). Came with a very yellowed keyboard and Mouse.
I know it is a poor mans SE/30 but its actually quite snappy. 8 MB Ram 60 MB Hard Drive
I know it is a poor mans SE/30 but its actually quite snappy. 8 MB Ram 60 MB Hard Drive
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Juliet Elysa
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I don't know why, but the Classic II has always visually appealed to me in a way that other compacts don't.
uniserver
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Nice, some things i like about the Classic II
- it has an ASC I/C
- It has a mic in port
- With a hacked off 50 pin scsi cable and and FPU, and a lot of patience one could install a FPU.
- I think its a sick fast 6.0.8L Machine.
- SCSI I/C seems to be really fast, So, because of the limitation of ram, you can compensate by using virtual ram, and a 10,000 rpm 8mb cache hard drive and you can pretty much have as much ram as you want with almost no slowness.
- might make a good Unix machine?
- i like how its impossable for the screen brightness to be less then visible.
- Revision 1 board, I have a programmer capable of making a modified rom for this rev. Thanks to Dougg3!
- it has an ASC I/C
- It has a mic in port
- With a hacked off 50 pin scsi cable and and FPU, and a lot of patience one could install a FPU.
- I think its a sick fast 6.0.8L Machine.
- SCSI I/C seems to be really fast, So, because of the limitation of ram, you can compensate by using virtual ram, and a 10,000 rpm 8mb cache hard drive and you can pretty much have as much ram as you want with almost no slowness.
- might make a good Unix machine?
- i like how its impossable for the screen brightness to be less then visible.
- Revision 1 board, I have a programmer capable of making a modified rom for this rev. Thanks to Dougg3!
UNA_Lion
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Classic II is the only compact Mac I own ... or ever owned. Really liked messing around with it, and have it running on OS 7.55. With an adapter that cost more than the computer itself, I can get it online and browse the internet with an older browser. Also have it hooked up to a SCSI CD-ROM drive (also more expensive than the computer).
3583Bytes
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So I have been playing with my Classic II for a couple days now, and honestly I can't find 1 thing that it can do that my SE can't. I mean it has the 68030 so it should play better/more games etc. But I have not found a good game or app that works better on the Classic II that does not work on the SE. In fact some older games like Lemming don't work because of speed issues.
For a while I had high hopes for Speculator the Spectrum Emulator but it is so slow its unplayable. I am guessing its still to slow for NES/Gameboy emulation?
Anyone doing something cool with their Classic II that won't work on the 68000 line (give me an excuse to play with it)
Thanks
For a while I had high hopes for Speculator the Spectrum Emulator but it is so slow its unplayable. I am guessing its still to slow for NES/Gameboy emulation?
Anyone doing something cool with their Classic II that won't work on the 68000 line (give me an excuse to play with it)
Thanks
Scott Baret
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If you're looking outside the scope of games, a Classic II is far better for productivity programs, especially newer ones like Word 5.1 (which runs on an SE but runs much better on a Classic II). Some games do run smoother (Battle Chess is the one that comes to mind for me) but I think you'll notice the most improvement in productivity software.
Try playing some sound files on it. Convert something recent to the System 7 format, then play it. I remember doing this with an SE/30 once, so a Classic II can handle it just fine.
You can test the limits of your Classic II by installing 7.6 on it (the SE can only go up to 7.5.5). Alternately, find 6.0.8L and watch it scream. Personally, I like mine as a 7.5 box since it's a fast enough Mac to handle it (mine has 10MB RAM, which you'll need if you want to max out the System).
If you want an add-on, track down a FastMath Classic II math coprocessor. They're rare, but worth every penny if you want to use it for something which requires them. Again, you'd be doing it more for proof of concept these days, but it would give you something to play with on this machine.
EDIT: Just saw the above comment about the mic port. Find a microphone and give it a try
Try playing some sound files on it. Convert something recent to the System 7 format, then play it. I remember doing this with an SE/30 once, so a Classic II can handle it just fine.
You can test the limits of your Classic II by installing 7.6 on it (the SE can only go up to 7.5.5). Alternately, find 6.0.8L and watch it scream. Personally, I like mine as a 7.5 box since it's a fast enough Mac to handle it (mine has 10MB RAM, which you'll need if you want to max out the System).
If you want an add-on, track down a FastMath Classic II math coprocessor. They're rare, but worth every penny if you want to use it for something which requires them. Again, you'd be doing it more for proof of concept these days, but it would give you something to play with on this machine.
EDIT: Just saw the above comment about the mic port. Find a microphone and give it a try
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Ra226
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My Classic II is kind of love-hate. So far, it's been very high maintenance--I've recapped the logic board, and partially recapped the Analog Board. It's very stable now, but I still haven't managed to track down everything wrong with it (the sound is still highly distorted, even through the headphone port).
It's a great machine to have around, though, especially thanks to the 1.4MB floppy drive which you can use to write disk images downloaded from the web to 400/800k floppies for older Macs. It's also very responsive running 7.0.1 and plays a darn fine round of Crystal Quest!
It's a great machine to have around, though, especially thanks to the 1.4MB floppy drive which you can use to write disk images downloaded from the web to 400/800k floppies for older Macs. It's also very responsive running 7.0.1 and plays a darn fine round of Crystal Quest!
