Internet Radio on a Performa 640CD?

[kissmyash933]

Brought home the 640 this morning, and installed 7.6.1 on it. I'm happy to report that it streams internet radio with MPEGdec without a hiccup.

I'm downloading the software to install windows on this machine as we speak. I have found that it does have the 486DX2 in it.

I never really knew how nice system 7 was until recently, as I never used it much. When I had a performa as a kid, I had 8.1 on it. But this just looks so clean and wonderful!

Now, what do you guys use your 68k's for? I've got some old games on it, and IRC as well as Hotline and AIM. I think I may actually write a paper for class on this machine later today.

Blake.

 

[IPalindromeI]

Photoshop, ClarisWorks and light browsing. The last Photoshop for 68k is 4, but low-end 68ks will want 2.5 and mid-range is 3.0. iCab can get you to modern sites as well.

 

[Bunsen]

The link for pcsetup2x on that page is dead - but that's the name of the file you need to set up the DOS card. It was released as freeware before that site disappeared, and ISTR an "improved" version floating around too. One note: I believe the drivers will only work with Windows installed: ie, the card won't boot into native mode DOS.

General 630/640 and DOS/PC Compatibility card info:

http://www.lowendmac.com/quadra/lc-630-dos-compatible.shtml

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/stats/mac_performa_640cd.html

http://www.edibleapple.com/2009/12/09/blast-from-the-past-a-look-back-at-apples-dos-compatibility-cards/

http://homepage.mac.com/olivers/DOScard/DOScard.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA33858

http://www.applefritter.com/node/2042

http://pccardfaq.com/

System 7.6.1 info:

http://main.system7today.com/ (Sorry for wrong name above)

http://www.lowendmac.com/martorana/06/0324.html

Update downloads:

http://main.system7today.com/updates.html