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[freudling]

Hi:

Great forum! I own several old Newtons and PowerBooks, and have been upgrading them for several years.

I hope this is not construed as spam, but I have a blog that people on here might want to read. There is no advertising on the site, just information about older Macs, using them and upgrading them.

I hope you find it a good resource.

www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress

 

[bubbleman7546]

Welcome to the forums! Just curious, what kind of powerbooks do you have?

 

[MacG4]

welcome glad to have you here

 

[MultiFinder]

Welcome to the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army; we hope you enjoy your stay

 

[freudling]

Hi:

Thanks everyone, here is what I have:

2 mint Wallstreets, 500 MHz upgrade chips, 60 gig 5400 RPM HDs, one with OS 9, the other with Tiger and a flush wifi card.

1 mint 5300ce with an internal CF card as a HD, and 32 MB RAM running OS 8.

1 mint 1400c with an internal CF card as a HD, 64 MB RAM running OS 8.

1 mint 180c running OS 7.6.

2 Newtons, both mint a 2000 and a 2100, with keyboard and case.

1 mint iBook Clamshell Tangerine running OS 9.

 

[MultiFinder]

Sweet, you're in good company here then

 

[Christopher]

Welcome to the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army; we hope you enjoy your stay......

MAGGOT! }

Um yeah, welcome to this place where we become enslaved to old macs and can't leave them alone [] ]'>

 

[bsod]

Already had your blog on my reading list... don't know where I got it, but it sure has lots of resources on old PowerBooks and Newtons!

 

[stretch]

Well, I'm new here too and it looks like I'm in good company. Here's my rundown.

Main Machine:

Mac 8500 upgraded with a Sonnet 500Mhz G3, a Sonnet Tempo Firewire/USB card with a hub, 544 MB and three 4GB internal drives. I run OSX 10.2.8, can boot OS 9.1 OR 7.5.5 when needed. All three OS's are stable.

"If I can play it, I can record it".

In the bedroom:

Mac 6300 (road apple), 64MB, OS9.1. This one is used an an ITunes MP3 player.

In the closet:

Mac SE, 4MB, OS 7.5.5. I'm laughed at when I use it as the "portable". Oh well, how many 20yr old PCs are still being useful?

I have a 9GB external drive (partitioned x3) that I can hook to the 8500 or the 6300 for file transfer and I can access that drive with the SE through Appletalk when needed. I also have a couple laser printers, an old Umax scanner I need to check out and an associated box of parts/junk to support these old battle axes. There's still some toothpaste left in the tube.

 

[Bunsen]

Welcome aboard to the new recruits! freudling, I too have your blog in my bookmarks

 

[beta_train]

Welcome I don't post much but I lurk, a lot.

 

[joshc]

Welcome I don't post much but I lurk, a lot.

Damn lurkers. :-x

 

[MultiFinder]

Welcome to the two new people!

Don't drink the water

 

[heebiejeebies]

Or make sure you boil it first, anyway.

Hi

 

[Temetka]

Welcome to the forum!