What Do You Do With Your Compact Mac?

[SE30_Neal]

Well I've only just got my SE/30 but plan on doing the following things with her, get her online and use her as a text based email client, build a database to catalogue my music, build an excel spreadsheet to do my monthly accounts on (I'm an analyst for my day job) and kinda really looking forward to working on old excel for a giggle, photoshop & illustrator as my first experiences of macs was at art College when I had a colour classic circa 1993, obviously classic games but my ultimate goal is to set her up as a media server on my network so I can play music in the kitchen from my nas but that might be asking to much lol like everyone else here I have other machines a Mac mini, iPads and iPhones which would do all that a lot better but that's not the point is it so yes I plan to set her to work for a living, may even try to build a basic website but this will all take awhile whilst I learn to use it

 

[eR1c]

...you mentioned keeping a data catalog of your music.  I am working on a catalog of my vintage game boy games.  

 

[SE30_Neal]

Sweet, what software are you using? By friend collects old games consoles his fav is the game boy and zeldaa

 

[SE30_Neal]

In b&w of course none of this fancy colour graphics lol so you got a load of game boy games then?

 

[MJ313]

I keep trying to get him to pick up Metroid lol. One of these days...

 

[SE30_Neal]

Metroid is ace, ive had that in several forms going back to to the 1980s 8bit computers and consoles

 

[Schmoburger]

I still used my SE Superdrive for word processing until about 10 years ago as it was nice typing on a crisp monochrome CRT with a small screen diameter that allows you to  keep a constant line of sight and minimise eye fatigue to an extent. Tbh, if I had space to set one up permanantly, without being obtrusive, I would fully recap one of m Classics and keep using it for this purpose. As it stands, the SE now lives in a dark walk-in robe in a room without windows to prevent yellowing its nearly mint condition case plastics, and only comes out on occasions. I guess you could say it probably is the pride of my collection alongside the 200MP, the difference being that the latter has a pretty patchy case, is 10 years younger, and is vastly more useful so I am happy to use it daily.

 

[haemogoblin]

I use my Classic for writing and only a couple of months ago, I installed illustrator 3 and designed a rear panel to fit on the back of an Amiga 600 case? Part of a raspberry pi hack I was building, I used the vector made on the Classic to have it laser cut from a piece of acrylic.

All in all the classic is really handy, if I had one with Internet access, the sky would be the limit, as I'd have email!

 

[SE30_Neal]

nice work! 

 

[eR1c]

Sweet, what software are you using? By friend collects old games consoles his fav is the game boy and zeldaa

I currently have:

1-Game boy original (DMG -001) -this was my original GB from 1989era.

2-Game boy colors (one was my original, the other purchased for next to nothing and I refurbished to like new)

1-Game boy pocket (ebay special)

2-Game boy advances SP (one 001 and one 101)

 The 001 was mine, the 101 was bought on ebay.

As for games, 

I have about 35 original cartridges. Some still in the original box w/ the instructions, etc..

I also have a ROM emulator cartridge -so I can in essence get any game I want (including metroid)!

But I enjoy collecting the original cartridges.  Many times you can get most for like $3 or less.  

I keep trying to get him to pick up Metroid lol. One of these days...

LOL! Your right, and I keep forgetting.  I don't know how I missed that one back in the day. I'll have to look on eBay see what I can find!

 

[eR1c]

as for my fav'

Device:

the Game Boy Advance SP 101 -I feel this was the best GB device created for many reasons including function and form factor.

Game:

tough, but probably the Final Fantasy saga.  Zelda is good too.  So many of the GB games were ground breaking.  Mario bro's was also really good. I also love the game Qix (it's not a fav' of many people, but I like it a lot).

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One thing I love about playing vintage games, whether on the Mac or Game Boy is that there are zero ads, no coin up-sales, and most are high on addictive fun.  I also feel that the physical cartridge is fun to own and touch.  I love switching games.  Kind of the same way we used to collect music tapes or CD's. I watch my kids today and content is all streamed, it is meaningless to my kids and doesn't have the same value that a tactile object has.   well that's my thought on it.

 

[SE30_Neal]

It sounds like you'd get on with my mate as he collects old consoles specially nintendo hand helds, my favorite is tge ds lite in white, i have a 3ds but preferred the ds lite

 

[eR1c]

The 3Ds and DS lite are too new for my tastes

Although both are nice handhelds for sure.  I have a Sony PSP but I don't consider it vintage ...it is fun though.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Yes his favorite is the first colour one, rhe one without back light and mario on it

 

[Compgeke]

Been playing with the new hotrod SE (Superdrive!) as a BBS.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Nice, i also have to say your SE is in sweet condition with little yellowing

 

[eR1c]

Compgeke

that is a nice SE, ...AND I am happy to see that your only a few miles north of me.  I always have this feeling that I am the only one w/in hundreds of miles still using my vintage computers.  Nice to know I am not alone in N. California.

 

[eR1c]

Okay, a tad off topic, but since it was brought up I wanted to share this photo.

I finally got Metroid II for my GB.  It was a good deal $4 including shipping ...if/when I see the original Metroid for a good deal I'll snap it up too.

 

[unity]

So many uses!

 

[eR1c]

..an anchor.

are you frustrated w/ your Mac today?!  ...i've been there!