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It felt like cutting edge stuff because it was cutting edge stuff! The hard drive on my 386 could hold 40 MB and even though that CD-ROM initiated an upgrade to a 486 (because CorelDRAW 3 and Windows was chewing up most of my disk space), that 486 only had 200 MB or so of disk space. To add a...

Not that I've ever seen a Mac in Calvin and Hobbes.

It sounds like you have a SCSI ID issue (assuming I've interpreted what you said properly). If that's the case, you can usually fix it by changing 3 jumpers on the back of the hard drive. There is usally a label somewhere on the drive that shows which 3 jumpers are for the SCSI ID. The...

Another place to ask is on a local Freecycle list. While some people still pay for G3 Macs, they are quite old and you may stumble across someone who has one tucked away in the basement who would gladly give the machine to someone who would use it. If you are able to repair computers, it is...

When it comes to CD-ROMs, I guess I was an early adopter. I ended up paying $800 for an NEC Multispin 2x CD-ROM in 1992 or so. Even though it cost a fortune and could only read disks, it was external and it was SCSI. It seemed like a good value at the time. Of course it doesn't seem like...

It isn't a matter of the FCC allowing it or otherwise. It is a matter of Apple designing it to reflect FCC regulations. FCC regulations are there to prevent interference with services in the EM spectrum. This interference could cause problems with everything from emergency communications for...

If I recall correctly, SCSI Zip drives have two little switches on the back to set the SCSI ID and the termination. You should ensure that the SCSI ID of the Zip drive and the hard drive do not overlap (in case the SCSI ID switch was accidentally flipped). Also ensure that the chain is...

It is: "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one." Not that a particular language should be considered a trade. Though I tend to agree that there are too many programming languages out there. Unfortunately, programming languages (like text editors) tend to...

If you don't prefer one machine over the other: Get the battery holder and battery for the Mac II, and fix up that one. Don't bother trying to solder a new battery on. Not only will a battery holder make the machine more servicable, but the metal contacts used on batteries isn't meant for...

Incidentally, you can make your own view new posts URL that excludes other parts of the forum (or, more properly speaking, only includes certain parts of the forum) by mucking around with the advanced search and figuring out which forums correspond to which fid[]=# statement (which is how I...

This seems to work, the major drawback being that changes to the forum may break it...

Mike: I think some people are saying that they don't want to participate in the Lounge, so they don't want to see it coming up when they click on "view new posts" under their own account. Noone else needs to be affected by their own personal decision because it is their own personal decision.

Try looking up information on the Apple II disk controller, then find out what the differences between that and a Mac are. If I recall correctly, they are quite similar.

It's not a dumb question, because an answer requires a basic understanding of how drives are setup on the Apple II. (I'm going to ignore the Apple III, because I know nothing about that machine.) The Apple II, II+, and IIe can support two drives per controller. Both of those drives must be...

Which wouldn't quite work out on systems where the 5.25" floppy was a: and 2.5" floppy was b:.

Not sure if it would work with Windows internet connection sharing, but most IP-NAT routers will allow any computer with an IP address on the same subnet to get in and out of the network. Which generally means that you set the IP address, subnet, and gateway address and away you go. How do you...

For the most part, I view the conquests forum as a place where guys boast about the stuff they have. And quite often it is mundane stuff, even if it is a 68k Mac. Quite frankly, I could care less if you just saved an LC. An LC is a boring machine. A boring machine that was probably made in...

Yeah, forcing non-vintage-Mac conquests and other such discussions into the Lounge will make it more cluttered. But remember, this forum was established for people to discuss 68k Macs and (later) vintage PPC Macs. The Lounge is really there to keep people involved because they are permitted to...

Here's an idea that may or may not help: maybe a separate "lounge" for people who have non-vintage Mac conquests or non-vintage Mac mods? After all, a lot of people around here like to boast about their stuff (damn materialists }:) ) and like to chat about the things they do to their stuff.

The rule exists. It was put into place for a reason. Learn how to deal with it. Don't make the life of the mods miserable. These are their forums, not yours. They should not have to deal with this. You're stealing their time.