retromac. get a hotline client, connect to retromac68k.dyndns.org, username/password retro/retro IIRC.
Some of the stuff on there isn't entirely legal, but it's the best collection I've found. --Ian On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:35:15 -0700, Profile Null <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's up guys? > I've been listening for a few weeks and y'all seem pretty knowledgable > about this Macintosh stuff. I have two questions not entirely unrelated and > this is not an emergency situation. > > So thanks to a good buddy, I have a Centris 650, I've been fixing up PCs > for over a decade but the Mac is a different world. It's a a neat machine, > he had upgraded the memory and the internal hard drive. One of my first > projects was to upgrade the OS to system 7.5.5 which went smooth. I even > had Debian GNU/Linux on a partition for a while, just to see if I could get > it done. Before I ramble to much, let me get to the question. > > I noticed this box has some sort of external scsi port. I don't know much > about scsi and am really unsure of what would be the right external drive > to get (my experience on the PC has always been match the drives to the > card, like Ultra-Wide for example) and also where to get it. Somebody told > me it was possible to connect an oridinary IDE disk to some adapter > circuitry and use that with an old mac. I've googled but haven't find this > yet. Is there such a thing? Do you guys know where the drive compatibility > information is at? Would eBay be the only place to pick up a disk or is > there a supplier? (In Commodore land, there was one or two third parties > that charged a bit more but kept us in supply). Thanks in advance, I would > like to know. > > The next question is more about why I would need the space to begin with. > When I recieved the Centris, it really didn't have anything on it. I've > found one website (the macintosh garden) chock full of games, but visiting > shareware sites and the ilk, i'm not finding a whole lot of application > software. If I had a C compiler and docs, i'd just take the time to build > whatever I wanted to play with, but i'm having trouble even finding that. > So, where do you get classic mac apps? > > Regards, > Profile Null > > -- > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
