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Sirfunksalot
Starting Member
USA
1 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Nov 2002 : 20:29:16
What should I do with this? I have had it doing nothing for a couple of years, and I think I'm going to paint it and mount it in my bed somehow. What are somethings I can use this relatively underpowered comp for? Any cool ideas?pwn3d j00z n008. |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2002 : 21:07:45
Sure. Use it for Linux/BSD, as a web server, to play older Mac games (see http://mac.the-underdogs.org/), for word processing, as a dumb terminal/Xterm for another box, and pretty much anything else you can think of.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700 (2), LC 575, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180
PCs liberated from Windoze: 3 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2002 : 22:31:22
Moved to LC/Performa, since it's not General 68kMLA News.  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2002 : 04:12:28
Aaaah, the 630s...one of my favourite 68k series.  There are pratically no limits to the usability of a 630. You could put in a big HD (the 630 uses cheap cheap cheap IDE HDs), load it with OS 8.1 with a big@$$ HFS+ partition, as well as a small 100 meg system partition formatted as HFS (for the system files), put in a CommSlot ethernet card, and have a nice lil fileserver! They also make a nice web/email/proxy/ftp/anythingyouwant server, too. You could put an Apple Video System into the Video slot, hook up a decent monitor and have a *VERY* high quality TV (even with my 2 head VCR, The Matrix almost looks like its playing off a DVD). You could use it to play classic games, as was mentioned before, or you could give it to a family member for a word processor/web machine/game machine. You can put MpegDec on it and listen to Mp3s, too. Have fun, the 630 is a great system, with plenty of uses. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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performa 630 CD any uses?
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.