Recent content by Alumamac

Thanks! Autocorrect is a B*tch.

Here's an odd one, in a CD case that looks to be from a Performa 6400 bundle there's a Quicken SE CD. The disk contains 3 folders (see photo) no installers and no indication (to your average user) the purpose of this disk. In the second folder there's a "Quicken Preview" file that launches a...

Quick update....I installed Virtual PC 6 with Windows XP on my PM G4 and tested some Hybrid CD's that I'd imaged with Astarte and all were successful. When it came to floppy images, XP would not recognize any image that DC4 created. However XP would recognize images that I manually created with...

That would be helpful whenever you get the time.

Was wondering if there are any resources that document what 3rd Party software was bundled with various Macs over the years. I recently acquired a few of the plastic CD folders from some Performa systems and was wondering if the CD's included were actually bundled with that system or if someone...

Setting up a Windows emulator is on my list of todos, however my only currently working floppy drive is in my Performa 6200...it struggles to update Finder windows let alone do emulation. 😄

Thanks, I’ll give it a try. I’ve successfully created an .image of a PC disk with DC4.2, just don’t have any way to verify its integrity.

Hello, was wondering if there were any solutions for creating duplicates of PC software floppies using a Mac. I don't have a PC so don't have anyway of testing on my end. Thanks.

In my experience, prior to the Apple Cinema Display & TiBook launches, 99% of Apple business systems I worked on had 3rd party monitors (Radius, SuperMac, Sony, Barco). Then it flipped to 99% Apple LCD displays with Eizo being the rare alternative. Most home systems I encountered had Apple monitors.

@splorp Great story, what timeframe was this?

If that doesn’t work I have a couple different versions of TransType Pro that should be able to convert those.

Way back (1999) we had a couple 9500’s that had this issue and I believe it was traced to a cache issue. The 8500 has replaceable cache vs the 9500’s soldered so may not be relevant to your situation.

I'd agree that would be an odd connector for an output device. So did some more digging around: From Macuser 05/90 There is an ad for Calcomp Monitors. "CalComp DrawingCard display system". "Display System" might be referencing that the monitor came with a card?? There is a review of their 21"...

Here’s an InfoWorld article from 1990 referencing some Calcomp NuBus video cards. ETA: Could be a Chroma Vision Plus based on above post re: 24-bit graphics.

Nah, it was still in use when I picked it up, he had a bunch of old banking docs on it that he accessed frequently. On the way to pick it up he called me and said the deal was off and he was going to recycle the whole thing since he couldn’t get the hard drive out. I said I could do it. When I...