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I'd probably handle OS 9 backups with an external FireWire hard drive and maybe some simple entry-level backup software like Retrospect if there was enough data or frequent enough backups to merit automation (the province of "IT backup gurus" would be something more like TSM).

How many expansions slots you get varies widely depending on the model, but ethernet cards were generally not something Unix workstation users had to worry about.

Putting things in one file doesn't necessarily make them simpler (and certainly not more flexible). What are you trying to use that was last updated in 1997, anyway? That's your problem, not Unix's problem.

That's probably because, compared to Unix, DOS can't do much. That's why Unix systems are still relevant in 2013 and DOS systems aren't, outside of a very small number of niche contexts. DOS doesn't have a built-in network stack, or multitasking, or anything that would make it remotely...

This is fantastic. I have a NeXTstation with all of these accessories (minus CD-ROM drive), but no Cube.

Or you could buy a manual and not have to worry about flushing the transmission fluid and all the other crazy stuff that goes on inside of a slushbox. off topic> As for the tools, my process for buying them is much simpler than for anything else. I generally import any electronics with...

Just a few things I noticed in my apartment that were made in China: SHARP LCD TV SHARP air purifier Mac Mini Retina MacBook Pro 2006 MacBook Pro iPhone 4S Several ThinkPads Desk chair Lots of other things Some things that were not made in China: Various SGI workstations (Switzerland)...

For someone who is supposedly married, you're rather intent on imagining Macs as romantic partners, aren't you?

I used an MDD G4 as my primary, and sometimes only, computer for 7-8 years. It is definitely loud, but I got used to it. Mine is one of the OS 9-bootable ones Apple released together with the first G5 in summer 2003, so it's a bit of an oddball... it boots OS 9 and has a 167MHz system bus, but...

1. Get this. 2. Use it. 3. PROFIT

No kidding. Mine didn't have a CDROM bezel when I got it, so I bought a new one. It's been on for five years, but it finally fell off. I can't find any more for sale like I used to be able to, so I'll probably just glue it back on.

I offered an answer to the question posed by this thread. There was no obligation for that answer to be friendly, specifically, but if you actually found it hostile, you may want to grow a thicker skin. Ultimately it's not my concern whether you find my comments, or this community as a whole, to...

I'm not sure what you've got, but the original poster has an SE/30, which can take an ethernet card. Other compacts can use SCSI-to-ethernet adapters, although I have no experience with them myself (I am mostly into NuBus machines). If you are just trying to move files as a one-off and...

Ethernet is ideal if at all possible, and it happens to be possible on almost every 68K Mac. As Sun once said, "the network is the computer." If you don't have a varied enough Mac selection (or the requisite Thursby software) to do direct file sharing with an OS X machine, run netatalk on a...

I've worked pretty close to minimum wage before, and that didn't stop me from having a bank account. You should probably get one, especially if you live in a remote location where there isn't much to buy locally. To be blunt, collecting things, especially things that tend to be large and...

I was the one who said that, and yes, they did. At a time when most Mac users were either on a single G4 or G5, they felt fast, and they were fast in 2006.

My old place of work had some G5s it was getting rid of and I was asked if I had any interest in one, so I figured I'd go for it. This is the dual 2.5 model (watercooling setup and all) and once I get a hard drive for it I can do something with it. I'm not that interested in running old versions...

Eh? I have a Core Duo MacBook Pro, and while the Intel Mac experience was kind of weird until 10.5 hit, it was definitely faster than the MDD G4 that was my desktop at the time, in every way. Not so much faster that I stopped using the G4 as a primary desktop (that came five years later), but it...