Patrickool93 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I'm going to try (99% sure unsuccessfully) to get my TI-99/4a on the internet..Or at least irc. maybe. What about you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
conceitedjerk Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 I was going to use my LC475 exclusively for a month to do EVERYTHING I normally do (graphic design, website redesign, editing my blog on blogspot, household finances, grab pics from my ancient Kodak digital camera, internet stuff) but its logic board recently died. Now, I'm not so sure. I'll figure something out soon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coius Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Well... for backup I had This running for a while. before a Lightning strike hit the pole outside (killed the telephone, TV tuner, Cable Modem, and several power systems (along with all of our computers and my PowerBrick for my Pismo and iBook G3 (don't tell apple that when I sent that one in, it didn't die naturally ) ) Anyways, that worked for floppy archives. i got another hard drive exactly like the one in that. but other than that, I sadly don't have any vintage machines other than my B&W G4 (upgraded to a Yikes! CPU) would that count? Probably not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
conceitedjerk Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Well... for backup I had This running for a while. That's cool! Reminds me of my good ol' Commodore CDTV! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacMan Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 I would quite like to use my Mac Plus for a month. It was my main computer about 5 or 6 years ago and I used it exclusively for about 6 months before getting an LC 475. What are the rules here though? Do you have to use a retro machine for everything, or is it acceptable to use a more modern machine for internet and other neccessities that may not be entirely possible with an old machine. I'm a newcomer to this concept. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pzler Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 mine isn't that special but i really want to do it. over the past few months i've been starting to use my SE/30 more and more. if there is a job i can use my se/30 for then i allways will but i obviously can't use it for everything. (photo editing, gis and autocad to name a few) during the retro challenge i should have more time then i do now so i think i'm going to dedicate that time to putting as much functionality in my SE/30 as possible so i can use it more often and for more tasks then i can now. first of all i want to upgrade my SE/30 (new screen, 1gb hard drive and more ram) i also want to get some of my old hardware working again (a scsi cabinet with 2 18gb hard drives and a StyleWriter) and get some new hardware (scsi zip drive, maybe a scanner and a cd drive) and then i want to find more software. i would like more games but they are easy to find and not a very big priority. i need more productivity stuff. a good technical drawing program, flowchart etc etc something i'm keeping in the back of my mind is to find a working hard drive for my pb100. but ill doubt that i will find something Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coius Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 well, to keep me from renigging on my promise (i.e. cheat) I am letting my friend borrow my iBook G4 1.2hz for the rest of the month, and am going to use my PowerMac B&W G4 (w/1GB RAM and a 32MB PCI Radeon 7000) and a 160GB internal drive. I am going to try to use my faster PC less to make sure I maximize the time on the G4 Anyway, i will let you know if the "Crack" get's the best of me and I am going to have to go into retro-rehab next month to kick my addiction to fast speeds I know this needs to be retro, but this is the slowest machine that I own (aside from my mom's imac DV which doesn't belong to me anyways) so you gotta let me work with what I got ]'> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbar Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 well, to keep me from renigging on my promise (i.e. cheat) I am letting my friend borrow my iBook G4 1.2hz for the rest of the month, and am going to use my PowerMac B&W G4 (w/1GB RAM and a 32MB PCI Radeon 7000) and a 160GB internal drive. I am going to try to use my faster PC less to make sure I maximize the time on the G4 Anyway, i will let you know if the "Crack" get's the best of me and I am going to have to go into retro-rehab next month to kick my addiction to fast speeds I know this needs to be retro, but this is the slowest machine that I own (aside from my mom's imac DV which doesn't belong to me anyways) so you gotta let me work with what I got ]'> Doesn't really need to be retro. I think this year the challenge is just gonna be do whatever you want, if someone wants to use there Powermac G5 and call that retro, they are free to do so, but people are probably going to be more interested in the person using a Classic or something. Also, stepping down from a 1.2g4 to a 450mhz(or whatever your b&w g4 is) is always a fun challenge. I'll probably just record some music with my Quadra or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Macster Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 stepping down from a 1.2g4 to a 450mhz(or whatever your b&w g4 is) is always a fun challenge. It wouldn't be much of a challenge though - I reckon I could easily use my G3 instead of my PC if I wasn't bothered about not being able to play many games during that time. It does everything else pretty well, and I quite like using OS X too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 using os 9 for a day that in it self is already terror enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MultiFinder Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 using os 9 for a day that in it self is already terror enough I used OS 9 for a week or so. It's really not that bad. I miss it in some ways, and not so much in others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 i hate classic i am a os X user i came i using jaguar and never had any attachment to os 9 or erlier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iMac600 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not even System 6? Everyone loves System 6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 i hate system 6 almost as much as i hate system 7 if i must use classic which i do with the utmost loathing then i prefer to use 8 and up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quadraman Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not even System 6? Everyone loves System 6. System 6 on a IIfx. Blazing fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Macster Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not even System 6? Everyone loves System 6. I don't especially like System 6, I can never understand why people use it on Macs that will happily run 7.6.1, it's just really old-fashioned and has no features at all! 9.1 is the beat Classic OS in my opinion. 7.6.1 is OK for 68ks, although it would be nice if you could have desktop wallpapers in it, a feature that was missing from the Mac OS for far too long! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 best classic os ? thats a contradiction in terms its like calling window 9x stable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not even System 6? Everyone loves System 6. System 6 on a IIfx. Blazing fast. jaguar on a G5 blazing fast as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iMac600 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 You people are crazy! Remember, even though we accept PowerPC now, it's still the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army, and we have to respect our elders! System 6 Forever, IMHO. It's more retro than Mac OS 7-9 could ever wish to be. Finally, System 6 was the last Mac OS coded entirely in Assembly Code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Macster Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 (edited) No Classic OS is especially stable, but you can still pick the best Classic OS just like you can pick the best Windows 9x. We should have a "what's your favourite Classic OS" vote jaguar on a G5 blazing fast as well Jaguar?! That's really slow isn't it, it was before they really optimised OS X from Panther onwards. Maybe on a G5 it's still fast, but something newer would be a lot better You people are crazy! Remember, even though we accept PowerPC now, it's still the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army, and we have to respect our elders! System 6 Forever, IMHO. It's more retro than Mac OS 7-9 could ever wish to be. No 68k requires System 6 though (they can all run 7, except the 128/512 which I don't think can run 6 either), so it's not really a 68k thing. I always associate 7 with 68ks, as that's what they were always running when you used to see them in use. And retro's not necessarily better, that's like saying Windows 3.0 is better than Windows 95 just because it's older Edited May 15, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 You people are crazy! Remember, even though we accept PowerPC now, it's still the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army, and we have to respect our elders! System 6 Forever, IMHO. It's more retro than Mac OS 7-9 could ever wish to be. Finally, System 6 was the last Mac OS coded entirely in Assembly Code. soon ppc wil be obsolete as well i cant stand system6 iloath it even more then i loath 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 No Classic OS is especially stable, but you can still pick the best Classic OS just like you can pick the best Windows 9x. We should have a "what's your favourite Classic OS" vote jaguar on a G5 blazing fast as well Jaguar?! That's really slow isn't it, it was before they really optimised OS X from Panther onwards. Maybe on a G5 it's still fast, but something newer would be a lot better i have no favorite clasic os though im partial to 8.6 then windows 98 and win 2000 no jaguar is the point where os x actually became usuable its plenty fast on a G3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunnymanSE30 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 i hate classic i am a os X user i came i using jaguar and never had any attachment to os 9 or erlier Then why join the the MLA? The forum was meant for the preservation of classic macs, IE: ones that don't run OS X. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluekatt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 because ppc machines that run os x wil become obsolete some of them ARE obsolete and just because i disliek the os that runs it doesnt mean i cant like the hardware Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LCGuy Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Not even System 6? Everyone loves System 6. System 6 on a IIfx. Blazing fast. I thought it was wicked fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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