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G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 12:24:08 Danger! This topic contains demented analogies!!! Here's a list of pizza terms for those who love pizzabox Macs. * the pizza -- the mobo inside the box * delivery box -- the casing * the crust -- the printed circuit board of the mobo * toppings -- the chips * cheese pizza -- factory stock box (no added ram, vram, pds, ifs, ands, or buts) * pizza w/ extra cheese -- higher-end version of the factory model * veggie pizza -- mobo w/ added "V"ram * mushroom pizza -- mobo w/ more Memory (double-mushroom pizza has two slots filled) * pepperoni pizza -- mobo w/ added 68882 copro (Ok, so its only a single pepperoni) * stuffed-crust pizza -- mobo with some cool PDS board * jalapeno pizza -- overclocked mobo (hot) * cheesy-bread/crazy-bread -- the floppy drive (oldmacman will agree that floppies are a cheesy way to store data) * cinna-bread/cinnasticks -- the HD (cuz you store all your sweet data here) * can'o Coke -- the PSU (Ok, so it's not cylindrical, but at least it's metal) * pasta -- the rat's nest of cables that come with every liberation Still looking for good mac-side analogies for the mouse'n keyboard (ravioli'n calzone?), feets, various ports?. Still looking for good pizza-side analogies too: pineapple pizza, anchovies, brunt pizza, cold leftover pizza, 30-minute deliveries, etc. Modifications and suggestions are welcome! g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 13:18:00 The garlic sauce that Papa John's always gives you is the programmer's switch. It always comes with the pizza, but you never use it. The really slow pizza delivery boy is the serial port. It delivers your data to/from the printer, modem, or AppleTalk network, but it takes forever. I do agree on the crappiness of floppies. However, at least they're better on the Mac than on the PC. My pizza-box 6100 will read floppies that my PC-using friends thought were corrupt. Macs Liberated: SE (with SuperDrive), IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3
AnubisTTP Junior Member USA 308 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 14:08:28 So would that make LCs with two floppy drives "Cheeze lovers pizzas"? And what would a supreme pizza be? Maxed out ram and vram maybe. AnubisTTP 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 14:41:19 quote: The garlic sauce that Papa John's always gives you is the programmer's switch. It always comes with the pizza, but you never use it. Well, then I must be a programmer, because I can't get enough of that stuff! I would drink it, if they put it in a bigger cup. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 19:30:53 I wasn't aware that pizza boxes had programmer's switches! They must be of the detachable variety a la Plus? thinks waaaaiiit a minute...they'res no room for a programmer's switch! the whole top comes off!! Perhaps you peoples are talking 'bout the red mobo reset button? -------------------- keeper of the website and beholder of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™ -------------------- Edited by - FireWire is fast on 16 May 2002 19:45:06
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 16 May 2002 : 19:49:27 I haven't taken the 6100 out of the closet a while, but I remember the programmer switch being on the back of it. It's not like on the compact Macs where it sticks out the side. I think there are two recessed plastic switches; one for reset and one for the debugger. I'm not sure though. Macs Liberated: SE (with SuperDrive), IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2002 : 05:42:24 The pizzaboxes lacked programmer's switches, true. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2002 : 05:50:41 quote: waaaaiiit a minute...they'res no room for a programmer's switch! the whole top comes off!! Perhaps you peoples are talking 'bout the red mobo reset button? -------------------- keeper of the website and beholder of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice? -------------------- Actually, the Performa 450 I just got does not even have the mobo reset switch -- just a small square of solderpads marked "RESET". I wonder .... if I lick my finger and touch those pads, maybe the impedence will be low enough to trigger a reset. g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2002 : 06:07:05 quote: quote: waaaaiiit a minute...they'res no room for a programmer's switch! the whole top comes off!! Perhaps you peoples are talking 'bout the red mobo reset button? -------------------- keeper of the website and beholder of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice? -------------------- Actually, the Performa 450 I just got does not even have the mobo reset switch -- just a small square of solderpads marked "RESET". I wonder .... if I lick my finger and touch those pads, maybe the impedence will be low enough to trigger a reset. g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display All LCIII mobos i have seen have the solder pads there. no cuda reset button though. Maybe one day someone should go to work and actually wire one up... -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 18 May 2002 : 18:06:20 Thanx to everyone for all the added analogies: * slow delivery guy -- the serial port for networking (I like how pizza places tell you "30 minutes" and it takes an hour the same way that Localtalk file transfers tell your "5 seconds remaining" for like a minute) * garlic sauce -- cuda switch or programmer reset button (some people love it, some people hate it, some people don't know what to do with it) * cheese-lovers pizza -- a dual floppy config for twice the cheesy removable storage * warming oven -- a whole stack of pizzas in a frame * supreme pizza -- a seriously maxed out machine Only problem? SiliconValleyPirate informed me in no uncertain terms that Pizzabox is a horribly insulting term. The proper term is Flat Pack Macs, said the pirate. Hovever, I think that makes it sound like a herd of squashed computers (is it Flatpack Macs or Flat Packmacs?) . I guess its back to the drawing board on the demented analogies. g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 18 May 2002 : 18:20:13 quote: Thanx to everyone for all the added analogies: * slow delivery guy -- the serial port for networking (I like how pizza places tell you "30 minutes" and it takes an hour the same way that Localtalk file transfers tell your "5 seconds remaining" for like a minute) * garlic sauce -- cuda switch or programmer reset button (some people love it, some people hate it, some people don't know what to do with it) * cheese-lovers pizza -- a dual floppy config for twice the cheesy removable storage * warming oven -- a whole stack of pizzas in a frame * supreme pizza -- a seriously maxed out machine Only problem? SiliconValleyPirate informed me in no uncertain terms that Pizzabox is a horribly insulting term. The proper term is Flat Pack Macs, said the pirate. Hovever, I think that makes it sound like a herd of squashed computers (is it Flatpack Macs or Flat Packmacs?) . I guess its back to the drawing board on the demented analogies. g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display well, the way that The Hackintosh is going, after i get more ram, vram, and storage it'll be a supreme pizza... -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 19 May 2002 : 05:43:55 Well, the 'official' name is pizzabox. Sorry, but I never heard of FPM before a short while ago. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 19 May 2002 : 07:37:55 quote: Well, the 'official' name is pizzabox. Sorry, but I never heard of FPM before a short while ago. Whazzat . . . Feets Per Mac? jt ™. . Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 19 May 2002 07:39:35
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 19 May 2002 : 08:07:42 Flat Pack Macs. You know, the ones mentioned above? ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 07:59:50 quote: Well, the 'official' name is pizzabox. Sorry, but I never heard of FPM before a short while ago. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City Great, as a pizza-lover myself, I am glad that the 'official' name is the more informal "pizzabox". Flat Pack Mac sounds just a little too industrial for a product whose start-up screen has a smiley-face on it. I guess the challenge with all things 68k is achieving that elusive balance between somber respect and fun frivolity for insanely great products -- there is a thin gray line between blasphemy and exuberance. BTW, ~Coxy, as the Mayor you would know the answer to this. Is the key to Nubus City the startup key for someone's Quadra 950? g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 08:22:27 Being a biased MacroQuadra owner, and due to the lack of any other 68k Macs with keyswitches, I would have to say yes. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 08:45:40 Hmmm .. adding keyswitches to other 68k's would be a fun little hack. Now if I could just hack the start-up sound to be something correspondingly impressive..... g4from128k ------------ -- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450 -- The Originals: 128k, Mac II -- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 08:52:42 quote: Being a biased MacroQuadra owner, and due to the lack of any other 68k Macs with keyswitches, I would have to say yes. DuoDocks/NuBus/sexy notebook Duo expansion bay setup, WITH KEY! (albeit, not actually for startup!) jt ™. .
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 17:23:03 It wouldn't be too hard- Cheap keyswitch - $7.50 AUS Drillbit - $2.50 Hookup wire - $0.50 Not having annoying family members start up your computer when you aren't around - priceless. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 23 May 2002 : 00:20:44 quote: Now if I could just hack the start-up sound to be something correspondingly impressive..... Vroooooom!!!!!! -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6

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